About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2080
  • TitleBoro bazar battles smog
  • SummaryCaption: "Boro bazar battles smog--The DiCostanzo family of 223 Lake St. loses no time in taking advantage of free smog masks distributed at Williamsburg Settlement bazar in 106th Armory, Bedford and Atlantic Aves. ... Left to right, George DiCostanzo, his wife, Ann, and their sons [sitting on counter], George Jr., 5, and Kenneth, 4. Assisting at the right is Mrs. David Rubin, president of the borough settlement."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Nov. 23, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAir pollution [lctgm] ; Boys ; Settlements [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Williamsburg: Settlement houses: General