| Title: | Site of new housing project |
| Description: | Six officials and seven children with shovels at groundbreaking ceremony for the Breukelen Houses housing project in Canarsie; bystanders in left background; sign behind officials and children reads, "This Project is part of the Low Rent Housing Program of the Housing Administration." Caption on verso: "At ground-breaking ceremonies children of the neighborhood assist public officials, left to right, Assemblyman Ben Werbel, Frank R. Crosswaith, member of the New York City Housing Authority; City Construction Co-ordinator Robert Moses, John A. Kervick, area director of the Public Housing Authority; Chairman Thomas F. Farrell of the City Housing Authority, and John P. Hayes, representing Borough President Cashomore." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Canarsie (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Nov. 5, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
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| Subject: |
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. [5] Ground breaking ceremonies [6] Public housing [7] Municipal officials and employees [8] Children [9] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
| ID: | HOUS 0018 |