About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0025
  • TitleScene of misplaced foundation
  • SummaryAerial view of construction site for housing project at Rockaway, Stone, and Dumont Avenues; workers in raincoats on second floor of building in foreground; steam shovel lowering equipment to them; prominent neo-classical building amid smaller buildings in background. Caption on verso: "Scene of Misplaced Foundation: This is a general view of the $13,298,000 Brownsville Housing Project."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 13, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuilding construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Brownsville Houses