Title: | Forced out on street |
Description: | Mother (seated) and son (standing) with a pile of bedding, furniture, and other belongings on street; onlookers in right background; sign on pile of belongings reads, "The Wee Shop has forced this widow and child out of her home into the street after 4 years as a desirable paying tenant." Caption on verso: "Forced Out On Street: Mrs. Loretta Ducey, a widow, and her son, Gordon, 11, after being evicted from home at 834 Flatbush Ave. Landlord said he needed apartment for himself." |
Date: | 1948 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Sep. 3, 1948; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Housing [4]
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Subject: |
Apartment dwellers [5] Landlord and tenant [6] Eviction [7] Mother and child [8] |
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 0056 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/ab25baf05659af02584ae930ac578462&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Flatbush+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Housing
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Apartment dwellers
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/l/Landlord and tenant
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/e/Eviction
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/m/Mother and child