About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2032
  • TitleFor evictees
  • SummaryCaption: "For evictees--four-story brick tenement [with shop on ground floor and fire escapes] on northeast corner of Wythe Ave. and S. 1st St. slated for rehabilitation to house families now living in path of Brooklyn-Queens Connecting Highway;" Street light and cobblestone street in foreground and portions of buildings in background on both sides.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 29, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Brick houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Williamsburg: Housing: Exterior