About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0286
  • TitleBack public housing
  • SummaryWoman and two men sitting at table (man in center holds booklet) with papers, envelope, paper cups, paper plates holding food; microphone on far right. Caption: "Back public housing--Discussing housing needs of area at annual dinner of Brownsville Neighborhood Council, which urged support of the Democrats' public housing bill, are, left to right, Natalie Bellovin, dinner chairman; Milton J. Goell, council president, and Gerald J. Carey, general counsel of New York City Housing Authority, who was guest speaker."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 23, 1940. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownsville Neighborhood Council ; Civic improvement ; Public housing
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Brownsville: Neighborhood Council