About This Item

  • TitleReady for a vet
  • Call NumberHOUS_0119
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryQuonset hut on site bounded by Rockaway Parkway, East 102nd Street, and Seaview Avenue; bare lot and construction debris in foreground; barracks-like buildings in right background. Caption on verso: "Ready For a Vet: This Quonset hut, similar to those used in the Pacific islands during the war, is one of 413 to be used as temporary housing for veterans and their families. They will be ready for occupancy this month. Vets start moving into frame apartments in the Canarsie area tomorrow."
  • 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: Apr. 2, 1946. 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
  • 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.