About This Item

  • Title[Illegal dumping at Jamaica Bay]
  • Call NumberHOUS_0112
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPile of rubbish in marsh at Jamaica Bay, on site presumably occupied by future housing project; houses bordering marsh in background. Caption on verso: "Here's a tip for Mr. Carey and Mrs. Moses too. Somebody's operating a private dump just west of your contested and much maligned dumping ground and it's getting larger and larger and lacks the protective layer of sand sprinkled over the other area. Motorists and residents curse its odors and occasional fires and blame the Sanitation Department. It has already extended to a spur of water which flows into Jamaica Bay below Howard Beach. Above is a general view of the situation."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 9/38; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectWaste disposal sites -- New York (State) -- New York ; Marshes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.