About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0271
  • TitleIn darkest Brownsville
  • SummarySection of Brownsville street with residential/commercial buildings, many produce stands, parked automobiles, and pedestrians on both sides. ("In darkest Brownville" appears to be caption for book review of Burial of the fruit by David Dortort; above caption: "Where trees don't grow.").
  • Date1933, published 1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 2, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Streets ; Tenement houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Brownsville: Neighborhood: General