About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2042
  • TitleHousing check
  • SummaryCaption: "Housing check along Cook St. in Williamsburg ... The day-long survey of six city departments opened a new phase in the fight against slum conditions. In photo ... a man [wearing hat sitting in front of sink] continues eating lunch in shabby lodgings at rear of empty store at 62 Cook St. while inspection goes on."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Mar. 2, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEating & drinking [lctgm] ; Slums
  • 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: Interior