About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0321
  • TitleBetter service
  • SummaryFacade of one-story, prefabricated building. Caption: "Better service--this building will house the new post-office for residents of Canarsie, having [sic] them a great deal of traveling time and effort. It is at Sea View Ave. and Rockaway Parkway and will be ready Monday, Postmaster Quigley announced today."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 30, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPost office buildings ; Prefabricated houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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: Canarsie: Post Office