Brooklyn - 1950s
Explore Title
Purple Map Area

Green Map Area

Red Map Area

 
Witness Title

Daddy Grace's Last Parade

 
Visit Title

Myers Street School

Second Ward High School

Diamond Home

Teague Home & Grocery

Dr. Tyson Home

Huston Home & Charlotte Post office

United House of Prayer

Love Home & "Plum Thickets"

 
What Happened To Brooklyn?
Where Did The People Go?
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Diamond Home

 

The Diamond family in their Stonewall St. living room
The Diamond family in their Stonewall St. living room
(children Vermelle and Kenneth Jr., with parents, Cora and Kenneth Sr.).

This photo was part of an insurance ad campaign in 1937. According to the ad, an adult could be insured against hospital expenses for 75 cents per month; for each child the premium was 25 cents.

 

The Diamond House
The Diamond House
616 E. Stonewall St.