About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2035
  • TitleBedroom?
  • SummaryYoung black woman standing in kitchen. Caption: "Bedroom?--The getting up ritual for Mrs. Frank Pena, 184 S. 8th St., includes tucking baby's mattress in an alcove and the bedspring behind the stove."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 23, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican American women ; Kitchens ; Stoves
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Williamsburg: Housing: Interior