| Title: | Cornerstone laying |
| Description: | Man in overcoat and fedora laying cornerstone (inscribed"1947") for housing project at Rockaway, Stone, and Dumont Avenues; two other offcials and one worker (partially seen) observing; steam shovel in background. Caption on verso: "Cornerstone Laying: Edmond B. Butler, chairman of the City Housing Authority, pushes cornerstone of Brownsville Houses in place while Mrs. Mary K. Simkhovitch, vice chairman, and Maxwell H. Tretter, look on. Project should be ready for first tenants in June." |
| Date: | 1947 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Mar. 6, 1947; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
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| Subject: |
Cornerstone laying [5] Public housing [6] Municipal officials and employees [7] |
| 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 0027 |