About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0522
  • Title[Five orphan children in wading pool]
  • SummaryFive orphan children playing in wading pool. Boy at left pouring water from watering can onto boy crouching beneath him. Caption: "Sweltering sprouts at the Infants Home of Brooklyn, 1358 56th St., have their own way to beat the heat. The rainmaker, above, is practicing his science in the Home's blue tile wading pool."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul. 21, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOrphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wading [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Social Welfare: Orphanages: Infants Home of Brooklyn: Children