About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1036
  • TitleHousing for soldiers
  • SummaryCaption: "Housing for soldiers--Nearly completed barracks at Fort Hamilton scheduled for opening by Sept. 15. The buildings will have accomodations for 3,250 enlisted men;" buildings materials, automobile, truck, and derrick in foreground.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 3, 1941. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBarracks ; Building construction [lctgm] ; Cranes, derricks, etc
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Military: Barracks