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  • TitleDigging for better housing
  • Call NumberHOUS_0043
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive dignitaries and two young boys at ground breaking ceremony for housing project in Greenpoint; large sign behind them reads, "This Project is part of the Low Rent Housing Program, Public Housing Administration"; onlookers in right background. Caption on verso: "Digging for Better Housing: Borough, city and Federal officials join with neighborhood kids to break ground for Cooper Park Houses, low-rent development on Morgan Ave., between Jackson and Withers St. Left to right at ceremony today are Gerald J. Carey, executive director of the City Housing Authority, Matthew Kortcamp, 4; Borough President Cashmore, John A. Kervick, field officer of the Public Housing Administration, Joseph Grey, 2; Park Commissioner Robert Moses, and Philip J. Cruise, chairman of the Housing Authority."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 10, 1951; "Eagle Staff photo by Lambert." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMoses, Robert, 1888-1981 ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.