About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0002
  • TitleBrand-new tenants at Albany Houses
  • SummaryFather holding son as his wife opens the door of a stove in the kitchen of their new apartment in housing project at Park Place and Albany Avenue. Caption on verso: "Brand-New Tenants at Albany Houses: Mrs. Abigail Robles, 22, excitedly shows gas range in their apartment to her husband, Joseph, 29, while their son, Joseph Jr., 18 months, looks on unconcerned. The Robles were among the first 20 tenants who moved in today."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 15, 1950; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Families -- New York (State) -- New York ; Kitchens -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Albany Houses