About This Item
- TitleFighting the storm
- Call NumberHOUS_0069
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryThree African American children in knee-deep water on street; boy at left holding street sign; two automobiles in background. Caption on verso: "Fighting the Storm: When fierce rainstorm broke yesterday afternoon (Weather Bureau said .77 of an inch fell in a few minutes), scenes like this were enacted all over borough. Here at Park Ave. and St. Edward's St., 6-year-old Cynthia Alexander gets piggy-back ride across the flood from somewhat older Laura Freeman while brother Ronnie Alexander fights his own way through. All three live in Fort Greene Houses."
- Date1952
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 6 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 17, 1952; "Eagle staff Photo by Senko." Title from caption on verso. Retouched.
- CreatorSenko, Mickey
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectAfrican American children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Floods -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.