| Title: | Digging for better housing |
| Description: | Five dignitaries and two young boys at ground breaking ceremony for housing project in Greenpoint; large sign behind them reads, "This Project is part of the Low Rent Housing Program, Public Housing Administration"; onlookers in right background. Caption on verso: "Digging for Better Housing: Borough, city and Federal officials join with neighborhood kids to break ground for Cooper Park Houses, low-rent development on Morgan Ave., between Jackson and Withers St. Left to right at ceremony today are Gerald J. Carey, executive director of the City Housing Authority, Matthew Kortcamp, 4; Borough President Cashmore, John A. Kervick, field officer of the Public Housing Administration, Joseph Grey, 2; Park Commissioner Robert Moses, and Philip J. Cruise, chairman of the Housing Authority." |
| Date: | 1951 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Lambert, Al. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Aug. 10, 1951; "Eagle Staff photo by Lambert." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
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| Subject: |
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. [5] Cashmore, John, 1895-1961. [6] Ground breaking ceremonies [7] Municipal officials and employees [8] Public housing [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 0043 |