About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0001
  • TitleHopeful home-hunters
  • SummaryLong line of people, mostly African American, waiting on weedy sidewalk next to chainlink fence, behind which a high-rise apartment building is under construction; construction shed at left. Caption on verso: "Hopeful Home-Hunters: Scene shows line formed by applicants for apartments in the 839-unit low-rent Albany Houses, Park Place and Albany Ave. Those selected on a basis of comparative need must have low incomes. Rents in the six-house, 14-story project will range from $30.50 for two rooms to $42 for five rooms."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 29, 1949; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Albany Houses