About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2052
  • TitleWooden tightrope
  • SummaryClose-up of dilapidated stoop before brick building with "house for sale" sign. Caption: "Wooden tightrope -- Front view of squalid dwelling at 73 Maujer St. shows front stoop so dilapidated that entering or leaving building offers almost same danger as balancing on tightrope. Neighbors say they have reported stair to authorities repeatedly without results."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: caption stamped: Dec. 1, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks; discolored slightly at upper right.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWooden stairs ; Building deterioration [lctgm.] ; Apartment houses
  • 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: Maujer Street