About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2086
  • TitleNew settlement
  • SummaryCaption: "New settlement--As a figurative highway to desirable activities for the 3,000 children of the 1,700 families in the Marcy Housing project, a king-size ribbon is cut, opening the Williamsburg-Marcy Settlement at 582 Park Ave. Left to right, Borough Secretary Joseph Reich; Joseph Ira Becker, 3, of 55 Nostrand Ave.; Domestic Relations Justice Nathaniel Kaplan, who is chairman of the New York City Youth Board, and Mrs. Murray C. Bittner, president of the Settlement."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 1, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSettlements [lctgm] ; Social settlements
  • 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: Settlement houses: General