About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0125
  • TitleHe came, he saw, he laid a cornerstone
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0126), some of which may also be described in this new record; Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia autographing notebook and wielding trowell at opening of housing project bound by Bergen and Pacific Streets and by Ralph and Rochester Avenues. Caption on versos: "He Came, He Saw, He Laid a Cornerstone: 'He,' of course, refers to Mayor LaGuardia, who is shown in the picture at left [0126] officiating at the official opening of the Kingsborough Housing Project. With him is Gerald P. Swope, head of the New City Housing Authority. At the right [0125], Hizzoner is signing autograph books for some of the tenants."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 7 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0126: date stamped: Sep. 10, 1941; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso of 0125. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLa Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Apartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Autographing -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Kingsborough Houses