About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0204
  • TitleNegro home for aged
  • SummaryCaption: "Negro home for aged--At rehearsal for fashion show to benefit Brooklyn Home for the Aged, 1095 St. John's Place, 16-year-old Beverly King takes time off to swap dreams with Mrs. Josephine Anthony, 83. ..."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 17, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorRansom, Llewellyn
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Home for Aged Colored People (New York, N.Y.) ; African American women -- New York (State) -- New York ; Older people -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Homes: Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People