About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0306
  • TitleEnglish Kills
  • SummaryCaption: "Committee of Greenpointers inspecting sewer emptying into English Kills, an arm of Newtown Creek, at Morgan and Johnson Aves. Inset is Martin Neuman, assistant U. S. District Attorney in charge of pollution complaints to whom the taxpayers have directed their protests against the Newtown condition." Oval portrait inset in lower right; several factory-like buildings in background. Image appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on 24 March 1932.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEnglish Kills ; Sewerage [lctgm] ; Spectators [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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: Bushwick: Sewage: English Kills