About This Item


  • Call NumberHOUS_0059
  • TitleFirst for Farragut
  • SummaryMother on step ladder receiving canned goods from her two daughters to place in kitchen cabinets. Caption on verso: "First for Farragut: Mrs. Louis Torres-Diaz, first tenant in recently completed Farragut Houses, New York City Housing Authority project, sets up home at 111 Bridge St. Aiding are daughters, Norma, 7, left, and Migdalia, 5."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 29, 1949; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mother and child -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hispanic American families -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Farragut Houses