About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0480
  • TitlePerilous descent
  • SummaryCaption: "Perilous descent--Small Robert Nance, 5, and his sister, June, 7, hug ruined wall of hallway in order to make precarious descent of burned-out stairway. Two families at 53 Myrtle Ave. are forced to go up and down this stair, declared to be unsafe by city authorities;" dog in hallway on left.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso; date stamped: Sep[t] 6, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren, Black ; Dogs ; Slums ; Stairs
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: General