About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0029
  • Title871 Dean St
  • SummaryThree men (one squatting) inspecting wall of tenement at 871 Dean Street; men on left and right hold flashlights; man in center is smoking; arm and hand of another man on far left.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 15, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • SubjectSlums ; Tenement houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bed. Stuy.: Housing