About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0054
  • TitleOut on the street
  • SummaryFamily of seven, some crying, seen from above with their belongings on sidewalk. Caption on verso: "Out on the Street: Most of the Dutton family gathers around personal effects in front of 469 2d St. after eviction today. Left to right are Loyola, 21; Joan, 16; Mrs. Josephine Dutton, holding Victor, 5, and, at right, from front to rear, Donald, 7; Austin, 10, and Lawrence, 18, holding Beauty, the family dog. Two other sons, Steve, 13, and Thomas Jr., 20, are not shown."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 3, 1950; "Eagle Staff photo by Lambert"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Landlord and tenant -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eviction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Poor families -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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: Evictions