Hopeful home-hunters
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| Title: | Hopeful home-hunters |
| Description: | Long line of people, mostly African American, waiting on weedy sidewalk next to chainlink fence, behind which a high-rise apartment building is under construction; construction shed at left. Caption on verso: "Hopeful Home-Hunters: Scene shows line formed by applicants for apartments in the 839-unit low-rent Albany Houses, Park Place and Albany Ave. Those selected on a basis of comparative need must have low incomes. Rents in the six-house, 14-story project will range from $30.50 for two rooms to $42 for five rooms." |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Sep. 29, 1949; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Public housing Queues Building construction |
| 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 0001 |
