Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)

Caption: "America in Brooklyn--Home, church, school and flag. Homes in the Williamsburg Housing Project on Graham Ave. near Maujer St., with...

Aerial view of residential section of Williamsburg including Boerum Street and Lorimer Street.

Caption: "Breaking ground for the five-story dormitory of the Yeshivath Torah Vodaath [and Mesivta at 160 South 2nd Street], Rabbi Samuel Goder,...

Caption: "Cramped play yard behind old building is hemmed in by other buildings and its pavement is crumbling, further arousing ire of the...

Caption: "Evil harvest--Inspector John E. Gleason of the Sanitation Department supervises as departmental workers load uprooted marijuana onto truck....

Exterior, close-up view of the statue of Giglio, atop a very tall pedestal, at the Feast of Our Lady of Carmel in Wuilliamsburg.

Facade of First Hebrew Day Nursery and Neighborhood House of Brooklyn, a small, two-story, brick building at 221 Division...

Exterior view taken from the bathroom window of 1072 Lorimer Street, apartment 4R, showing the backs of two buildings. Bank dome can be...

Exterior, close-up view of two young, African American girls eating ices at a street fair on Grand Street.

Caption: "Hospital station wagon paid for--Sister Rose Virginia, administrator of St. Catherine's Hospital, receives...

Infants Hospital located at 396 Herkimer Street.

Interior of iron shop and stable at 53-57 Boerum Street in Williamsburg; three boys are standing in far left background.

Exterior, close-up view of three seemingly abandoned buildings located on Kent Avenue between Broadway and South 8th Street.

Intersection of Lorimer Street and Boerum Street in Williamsburg, business district with stores on ground floor of apartment houses...

Exterior view of the East River shoreline at the foot of North 3rd Street.

Exterior, close-up view of seemingly abandoned buildings on North 4th Street. The street address is 131. Near Avenue M.

Street view of adjacent storefronts and a historic house at 379 Graham Avenue. The corner building,...

Exterior, close-up view of the Our Lady of the Snow Parade. Shows several people standing in front of a building at 410 Graham...

Caption : "Date of building, 1858, appears proudly on front of P. S. 16, 157 Wilson St. ..;" flag is flying from window above sign.

Caption: "P. S. 20, [a three-story, brick building with sign above doorway and iron fence along front] at Union Ave. and Keap St., was built in 1848, added to in...

Facade of PS 122, a large, four-story, brick building located at Harrison Avenue and Heyward Street, with iron fence along front and side, adjacent buildings on...

Debris-filled backyard of rag shop at 68 Johnson Avenue in Williamsburg.

Exterior views, in different sizes, of St. Catherine's Hospital located at 133 Bushwick Avenue. This image is not dated.

Exterior view of St. Catherine's Hospital nurses home. The hospital was located at 133 Bushwick...

Caption: "Summer play--School-age children of working mothers emjoy activity like that at the First Hebrew Day Nursery, 221 Division Ave, sponsored by...

View of busy street in Williamsburg with lettering on sidewalk ("202+00"), presumably...

Caption: "... Private, corporal, and sergeant every Thursday night ... don the uniform of the 102d Quartermaster Group, New York National Guard, for...

View of portion of a building, located at 351 Kent Avenue, and a portion of another building, on the far left, with a fire escape. Image includes a...

Aerial view. Caption: "Williamsburg tragedy--Neighbors in Williamsburg look on as ambulance carries away bodies of Edward Becker and...