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| Title: | [Jamaica Bay houses] |
| Description: | Workers constructing sidewalk and roadway beside row of temporary Quonset huts (later replaced by housing project still in place) on lot bounded by Rockaway Parkway, East 102nd Street, and Seaview Avenue; truck and steam roller in right background. Partial caption on verso: " . . . In bottom view, taken in 1946, workmen are seen putting finishing touches to the Jamaica Bay Houses, the veterans' housing project which occupied the same site until March, 1953." |
| Date: | [1946]. |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Canarsie (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 8, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
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| Subject: |
Quonset huts [5] Veterans [6] Public housing [7] Building construction [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 0113 |