About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0075
  • TitleBreakers for housing project
  • SummaryDignitaries with shovels and pickaxes at ground breaking ceremony for housing project north of Fort Greene Park; onlookers and construction equipment behind them. Caption on verso: "[missing] Breakers for Housing Project: At ground-breaking ceremonies for [missing] 000 Fort Greene project at Park Ave. near Carlton Ave. yesterday (left [missing]), Borough President Cashmore, Commissioner Edward Weinfeld of the State Di[vision] of Housing, Governor Lehman and Mayor LaGuardia."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 7, 1941; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from partially preserved caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963 ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; 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.)Fort Greene (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: Fort Greene