About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0065
  • TitleSqualor's 5th column
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0066), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of substandard conditions in housing project. Caption on verso: "Squalor's 5th Column: These views of wet and littered corridor [0065] and broken doorknob [0066] in Fort Greene Houses illustrate how rapidly slum clearance developments can slip towards slums again because of tenants' lack of pride and inadequate supervision. Borough projects of even later vintage than this show some deterioration."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0066: date stamped: Dec. 9, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on versos. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks; 0065, 7 x 9 in., with rectangular portion missing from lower left; 0066, 10 x 8 in.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment houses -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- 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