About This Item
- TitleHomeless family
- Call NumberHOUS_0055
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryMother with two daughters, white dog, and baby in carriage in front of police station. Caption on verso: "Homeless Family: Photo shows Mrs. Viola Basso and her children, 7-year-old Maureen (holding dog), Dolores, 2, and Mary, 9 months, in front of Bergen St. station, where they sought shelter yesterday after being evicted. They departed about midnight, police said, leaving their belongings in several grips."
- Date1948
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 18, 1948; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectApartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eviction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mother and child -- New York (State) -- New York ; Poor families -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police stations -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Heights (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.