About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0020
  • TitleLay cornerstone
  • SummaryCaption: "Lay cornerstone--Participants in the cornerstone ("1947") laying exercises at Marcy Houses are, left to right, Borough President John Cashmore, Thomas F. Farrell, chairman of New York City Housing Authority, and State Housing Commissioner Herman T. Stichman. The interested spectators are project workers."
  • Date1947
  • 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: Oct. 30, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCornerstone laying
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bed. Stuy.: Housing