About This Item


  • Call NumberHOUS_0048
  • TitleNo place to go
  • SummaryYoung married couple seated in unknown location, with one child on father's lap and another asleep in stroller before mother; location unknown. Caption on verso: "No Place To Go: This forlorn foursome has been scouring the streets of Brooklyn for four weeks in a fruitless search for a home. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Phillips are at their wits end because landlords won't rent them an apartment because of the children. Barbara, 2, patiently sits on daddy's lap but Florence, 4, forgets the trouble in sleep."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul. 22, 1952; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Landlord and tenant -- New York (State) -- New York ; Poor families -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parent and child -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Evictions