| Title: | Pioneer methods |
| Description: | Mother playfully pouring water over the head of her naked daughter, who reacts with grimace, in the kitchen of their apartment in housing project north of Fort Greene Park. Caption on verso: "Pioneer Methods of cooling off are employed by Mrs. Martha Leddick of 25 Monument Walk, who empties the family percolator over the hot and bothered head of 2-year-old daughter Elizabeth. Water service was restored to project at 11 p.m. after plumbers were dispatched there by New York City Housing Authority." |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Geller, Jules. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Sep. 3, 1953; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
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| Subject: |
Mother and child [5] Public housing [6] Apartment dwellers [7] |
| 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 0085 |