About This Item


  • Call NumberHOUS_0146
  • TitleThree in one
  • SummaryFamily of four having meal in apartment in housing project built as temporary housing for veterans in Manhattan Beach. Caption on verso: "Three in One: This is the bedroom, living room, kitchen part of the Arons' two-room apartment at Manhattan Beach. The children love the place 'because we are going to set a ping-pong table right in here,' but Madeline, 2, is terrified by the stall showers. There is no tub. Rosetta, 6, left, is 'happy about everything.'".
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 11, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFamilies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Apartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Manhattan Beach: Veterans Project