About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0087
  • TitleContributors, too
  • SummaryBoy and girl, each holding books, at bench outside housing project (Glenwood Houses) at or near 1660 Ralph Avenue; trash can at left; parked bicycles beyond chain link fence in left background. Caption on verso: "Contributors, Too: Some 1,100 of the library's volumes were donated by residents of the project -- young and old alike. Pausing on Glenwood grounds, above, for friendly chatter are David Jurow, 7, and Marsha Goodman, 8, both of 5817 Glenwood Road. They're bringing a few contributions of their own to new reading center."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 9, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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: Glenwood Houses