About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0141
  • TitleLights Out for Project Veterans
  • SummaryMother attending to crying baby on bed; four other children standing at bedside. Caption on verso: "Lights Out for Project Veterans: With electricity turned off by State officials who are trying to close Manhattan Beach Veterans Housing Project, Mrs. Louise Clark, wife of a fire lieutenant, comforts her family. Baby in bed is week-old Barbara Marie. Holding candle is Tommy, 14, while looking on are Helen, 3; Marylou, 10, and Joe, 13. Clarks have two more sons; say finding new apartment for big family is difficult."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 2, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Apartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Families -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Manhattan Beach: Veterans Project