About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0140
  • TitleOld neighbors join for fun
  • SummarySeated man in straw hat and sun glasses writing in notebook as two other adults and two children look on; trunk of tree behind them. Caption on verso: "Old Neighbors Join for Fun: George Powell, seated, checks to see who's missing at annual reunion of former residents of Manhattan Beach Veterans Housing Project. Looking on, left to right, are Eric Fing, 7, of Deepdale Co-operative Housing Project, Little Neck; Mrs. Marilyn Friedman of 2233 Ocean Ave.; Morris Turner of the Deepdale project and Rita Shapiro, 6, of Pomonok Houses, Flushing."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jul. 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVeterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Picnics -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Manhattan Beach: Veterans Project