| Title: | Fighting the storm |
| Description: | Three African American children in knee-deep water on street; boy at left holding street sign; two automobiles in background. Caption on verso: "Fighting the Storm: When fierce rainstorm broke yesterday afternoon (Weather Bureau said .77 of an inch fell in a few minutes), scenes like this were enacted all over borough. Here at Park Ave. and St. Edward's St., 6-year-old Cynthia Alexander gets piggy-back ride across the flood from somewhat older Laura Freeman while brother Ronnie Alexander fights his own way through. All three live in Fort Greene Houses." |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Senko, Mickey. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Aug. 17, 1952; "Eagle staff Photo by Senko." Title from caption on verso. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
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| Subject: |
African American children [5] Floods [6] |
| 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 0069 |