SummaryWorkers assembling skeleton of Quonset hut (intended as temporary housing for veterans) on lot bounded by Rockaway Parkway, East 102nd Street, and Seaview Avenue; wooden boards and other construction material in foreground; telephone wires and other houses in background. Caption on verso: "Going Up: Two families will be accommodated in each of 1,652 Quonset huts like this. It is made of steel, wood and prefabricated materials."
SubjectQuonset huts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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