| Title: | Ready for a vet |
| Description: | Quonset hut on site bounded by Rockaway Parkway, East 102nd Street, and Seaview Avenue; bare lot and construction debris in foreground; barracks-like buildings in right background. Caption on verso: "Ready For a Vet: This Quonset hut, similar to those used in the Pacific islands during the war, is one of 413 to be used as temporary housing for veterans and their families. They will be ready for occupancy this month. Vets start moving into frame apartments in the Canarsie area tomorrow." |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Canarsie (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 2, 1946. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
|
| Subject: |
Quonset huts [5] Veterans [6] Public housing [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 0119 |