About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0120
  • TitleWolf! Wolf!
  • SummaryThree woman (one with broom, one with large stick) posing before dog trap marked "A.S.P.C.A." in front of barracks-like building built as temporary housing for veterans on site bounded by Rockaway Parkway, East 102nd Street, and Seaview Avenue. Caption on verso: "Wolf! Wolf!: The women of the Jamaica Bay Housing Project can't cry it often enough, for a huge dog has been prowling the project snarling and snapping at residents. It bit the child of Mrs. Lorraine Hebard, 146-C Seaview Ave., to the left of the trap, optimistically left by the ASPCA last Thursday. In the Committee-to-Trap-the-Wolf, left to right, are, Mrs. Mildred Valente, Mrs. Jane Swanson, Mrs. Hebard and Mrs. Marion Galiley."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: May 16, 1952; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMilitary spouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Animal traps -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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: Jamaica Bay: Veterans Project