SummaryMother seated on tattered chair, surrounded by six children; location unknown. Caption on verso: "They Need a Home: Mrs. Catherine Johnsen is shown with six of her 12 children. By March 31 the family must find another appartment. Thus far they have been unable to locate other accommodations. Left to right, Robert, 17; Joseph, 8; Linda, 3; Brian, 2, and Elizabeth, 13, holding Dennis, 1."
SubjectApartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eviction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Poor families -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mother and child -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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