About This Item

  • TitleChildren not wanted
  • Call NumberHOUS_0049
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMother and seven-year-old daughter seated close together on arm chair and reading eviction notice held by mother; window blinds and curtain in background. Caption on verso: "Children Not Wanted: Mrs. Evelyn Valdura and her daughter, Karen, gaze at the eviction order which says they must leave their home at 363 88th St. by July 31. Although Mrs. Valdura has found some places she would have liked, the landlords did not want a child."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 11, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eviction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Landlord and tenant -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mother and child -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.