| Title: | Breakers for housing project |
| Description: | Dignitaries with shovels and pickaxes at ground breaking ceremony for housing project north of Fort Greene Park; onlookers and construction equipment behind them. Caption on verso: "[missing] Breakers for Housing Project: At ground-breaking ceremonies for [missing] 000 Fort Greene project at Park Ave. near Carlton Ave. yesterday (left [missing]), Borough President Cashmore, Commissioner Edward Weinfeld of the State Di[vision] of Housing, Governor Lehman and Mayor LaGuardia." |
| Date: | 1941 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: May 7, 1941; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from partially preserved caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
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| Subject: |
Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963. [5] Cashmore, John, 1895-1961. [6] La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947. [7] Ground breaking ceremonies [8] Municipal officials and employees [9] Public housing [10] |
| 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 0075 |