About This Item

  • TitleWith the wind and rain in our hair
  • Call NumberHOUS_0136
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFather, observed by son, holding wet pants over basin in ramshackle apartment, presumably in scene demonstrating flooding conditions in temporary housing for veterans at Linden Boulevard and Vermont Street; wet newspapers on floor around them. Caption on verso: "With the Wind and Rain in Our Hair: Frank Tranchina starts mopping up operations as son, John, chortles. He's not old enough to help."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 9, 1947; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Father and child -- New York (State) -- New York ; Poor families -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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.