About This Item


  • TitleGoing Up
  • Call NumberHOUS_0115
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWorkers assembling skeleton of Quonset hut (intended as temporary housing for veterans) on lot bounded by Rockaway Parkway, East 102nd Street, and Seaview Avenue; wooden boards and other construction material in foreground; telephone wires and other houses in background. Caption on verso: "Going Up: Two families will be accommodated in each of 1,652 Quonset huts like this. It is made of steel, wood and prefabricated materials."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 28, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectQuonset huts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.