About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0099
  • TitleConstruction job
  • SummaryTwo nursery school boys in winter coats pushing cart with building blocks at housing project (Glenwood Houses) at or near 1660 Ralph Avenue; wooden jungle gym behind them. Caption on verso: "Thomas Edelson, 5, piles impressive looking construction materials on dolly maneuvered by Jeffrey Lewis, 4, at start of ambitious building job. The pair had not yet decided what the project would be."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 20, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Play -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursery schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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: Glenwood Houses