About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0069
  • TitleFighting the storm
  • SummaryThree African American children in knee-deep water on street; boy at left holding street sign; two automobiles in background. Caption on verso: "Fighting the Storm: When fierce rainstorm broke yesterday afternoon (Weather Bureau said .77 of an inch fell in a few minutes), scenes like this were enacted all over borough. Here at Park Ave. and St. Edward's St., 6-year-old Cynthia Alexander gets piggy-back ride across the flood from somewhat older Laura Freeman while brother Ronnie Alexander fights his own way through. All three live in Fort Greene Houses."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 17, 1952; "Eagle staff Photo by Senko." Title from caption on verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican American children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Floods -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Housing: Fort Greene