About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0038
  • TitleAt Concord Village ceremony
  • SummaryDignitaries on platform draped with bunting at construction site in Brooklyn Heights. Caption on verso: "At Concord Village Ceremony: Borough President Cashmore wields the trowel at the laying of the cornerstone yesterday of Concord Village, giant apartment project being built by 18 borough savings banks. Shown, left to right, are City Council Majority Leader Joseph T. Sharkey, George V. McLaughlin, president of the Brooklyn War Memorial; the Rev. James F. Kelly, administrator of St. James Pro-Cathedral; Mr. Cashmore, John J. Moran, building superintendent; a workman, Park Commissioner Robert Moses, and former Municipal Court Justice Edward A. Richards, president of East New York Savings Bank and of Concord Freeholders, Inc."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun. 8, 1950; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMoses, Robert, 1888-1981 ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn 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: Concord Village