About This Item
- TitleBuilt-in air conditioning
- Call NumberNEIG_2051
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryThree men in suits standing on stoop before dilapidated, two-story wooden house; wooden fence, flowering tree, clothesline, rear of brick apartment building in background. Caption: "Built-in air conditioning -- Chief Assistant District Attorney Edward S. Silver (left) points to broken windows in 'rear house' at rear of 159 Harrison Ave. The house which Silver, Benjamin Saltzman (right), borough Superintendent of Housing and Buildings and Assistant District Attorney Joseph P. Hoey inspected yesterday shelters two families totaling nine people."
- Date1953
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 10 x 8 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: caption stamped: May 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
- CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectWooden-frame houses ; Windows ; Building inspection ; Building deterioration [lctgm]
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.