Victims of housing mess
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| Title: | Victims of housing mess |
| Description: | Mother holding baby in her lap; older boy at her side; refrigerator and kitchen applicances in background. Caption on verso: "Victims of Housing Mess: Mrs. Gertrude Strat and her two children, Monte, 1, and Elliott, 3, as they waited in fear of eviction from their one-room 'home' at 388 Washington Ave. for non-payment of rent. The baby, sick, was in no condition to be moved, according to a doctor." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: May 12, 1950; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Apartment dwellers Poor families Eviction Mother and child |
| 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 0053 |
