About This Item

  • TitleMrs. Helen Washington
  • Call NumberNEIG_0028
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBlack woman (Mrs. Helen Washington), standing in dilapidated bedroom (839 Bergen Street) with her left hand inside the wall; two men standing on left; man on right has flashlight in left hand; bed in foreground.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 15, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • SubjectSlums ; Tenement houses ; Women, Black
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (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.