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  • TitleVeterans' homes under construction
  • Call NumberHOUS_0135
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour barracks-like buildings under construction on empty lot; truck tracks and construction debris in foreground. Caption on verso: "Veterans' Homes Under Construction: The first of the new dwellings at Linden Houses, the East New York veterans emergency housing project, go up on site at Linden Boulevard and Vermont St. Each of the buildings of the 46-acre project will have three apartments."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 5, 1946. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.