About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2033
  • TitleVacating the premises
  • SummaryCaption: "Vacating the premises--Joseph Romon and his wife, Frances [on front steps], moving out of the slum building at 244 S. 9th St., owned by Mrs. Bessie Honig, 'the vulture landlady,' which was ordered vacated by the Health Department. Inspectors declared the Williamsburg house to be 'dangerous to life and unfit for human habitation.' William Duks, left, a Health Department inspector is supervising the removal of the tenants."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Nov. 9, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLuggage ; 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: Exterior