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• Call NumberHERZ_0631
• TitleJonathan Williams Houses
• SummaryTwo featureless, high-rise apartment buildings in Williamsburg with small lawn and playground between them; lamppost, street signs, sidewalks, and six pedestrians (two of them Hasidic men conversing) in foreground; in background between buildings rear of sign for "The Chase Manhattan Bank."
• Date1965
• Formatstill image
• Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 10 x 8 in.
• Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
• NoteInscription on verso: "Jonathan Williams Houses, Roebling St. & Division Ave." Title from inscription on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 1965; photographer's stamp.
• CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
• SubjectHigh-rise apartment buildings ; Lampposts ; Hasidim
• CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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• PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
• Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
• 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.
• FolderIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection ; Series title: Hasidic Jewish community of Williamsburg