| Title: | He came, he saw, he laid a cornerstone |
| Description: | Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia autographing notebook and wielding trowell at opening of housing project bound by Bergen and Pacific Streets and by Ralph and Rochester Avenues. Caption on versos: "He Came, He Saw, He Laid a Cornerstone: 'He,' of course, refers to Mayor LaGuardia, who is shown in the picture at left [HOUS 0126] officiating at the official opening of the Kingsborough Housing Project. With him is Gerald P. Swope, head of the New City Housing Authority. At the right [HOUS 0125], Hizzoner is signing autograph books for some of the tenants." |
| Date: | 1941 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Housing [4]
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| Subject: |
La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947. [5] Cornerstone laying [6] Municipal officials and employees [7] Apartment dwellers [8] Public housing [9] Autographing [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 0125 |