About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0051
  • Title[Evicted family]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0052, HOUS 0046), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of family fighting eviction in and outside apartment at 3025 Brighton 3rd Street. Caption and title on verso of 0045: "Open Door Policy: Michael and Susan Melani, 5 and 8, peer through the door that was 'removed by repairs' by the landlord. The Melanis have had to padlock their appartment doors." Caption and title on verso of 0051: "Locked Out: Mr. Arnold Melani points to the padlocked cellar door of his home, where all electricity, heat and gas have been shut off because of his landlord's efforts to evict the family." Caption and title on verso of 0052: "No Cooking with Gas: Mrs. Arnold Melani tries to warm some milk over a crude candle stove while Susan, 8, does homework in the 'heatless, gasless and lightless' apartment."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn versos: date stamped: Jun. 17, 1950; on verso of 0052: "Eagle Staff photo." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eviction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Families -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Evictions