About This Item


  • TitleCanarsie project
  • Call NumberNEIG_0320
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacades of several attached, one-story, prefabricated houses as seen from back; adjoining backyards (one with clothes hanging on clothesline) and small tree on far right.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1947. On verso: "Shed in rear of house in Canarsie project." Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBackyards [lctgm] ; Housing [lctgm] ; Prefabricated houses
  • 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.