About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0057
  • TitleBreaking ground for more homes
  • SummaryDignitaries with shovels at ground breaking ceremony for housing project near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Caption on verso: "Breaking Ground for More Homes: At ceremonies in downpour at corner of Gold and Prospect St., officials dig silver shovels into soil to mark beginning of construction of Farragut Houses, new low-rent housing project. Let to right are Borough President Cashmore, Mayor O'Dwyer, State Housing Commissioner Herman T. Stichman, City Construction Co-Ordinator Robert Moses and Thomas F. Farrell, chairman of the City Housing Authority."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 8, 1949; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMoses, Robert, 1888-1981 ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- 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: Farragut Houses