About This Item


  • TitlePetition to save homes
  • Call NumberHOUS_0145
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour men in suits (three wearing military caps) posing with petition in unknown location; flags and framed pictures on wall behind them. Caption on verso: "Petition To Save Homes: Leaders of Manhattan Beach Veterans Housing rally of 2,000 vets and families, residents of State Housing projects in Brooklyn, who are protesting eviction scheduled for this year are, left to right, Lester Sacks, Kings County commander of Jewish War Veterans; Herbert Freese, commander Alexander Fleischmann Post J. W. V.; George W. Powell, past commander of Chapter 105, D. A. V., and Saul H. Wolf, State chairman of D. A. V. housing committee."
  • Date1952
  • 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: Feb. 4, 1952; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVeterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Petitions -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.