About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0056
  • TitleForced out on street
  • SummaryMother (seated) and son (standing) with a pile of bedding, furniture, and other belongings on street; onlookers in right background; sign on pile of belongings reads, "The Wee Shop has forced this widow and child out of her home into the street after 4 years as a desirable paying tenant." Caption on verso: "Forced Out On Street: Mrs. Loretta Ducey, a widow, and her son, Gordon, 11, after being evicted from home at 834 Flatbush Ave. Landlord said he needed apartment for himself."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 3, 1948; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Landlord and tenant -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eviction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mother and child -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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