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."
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]
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