| Title: | Breaking ground for more homes |
| Description: | Dignitaries with shovels at ground breaking ceremony for housing project near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Caption on verso: "Breaking Ground for More Homes: At ceremonies in downpour at corner of Gold and Prospect St., officials dig silver shovels into soil to mark beginning of construction of Farragut Houses, new low-rent housing project. Let to right are Borough President Cashmore, Mayor O'Dwyer, State Housing Commissioner Herman T. Stichman, City Construction Co-Ordinator Robert Moses and Thomas F. Farrell, chairman of the City Housing Authority." |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Sep. 8, 1949; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing [3]
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| Subject: |
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. [4] Cashmore, John, 1895-1961. [5] O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964. [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 0057 |