About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0232
  • TitleThimble bees
  • SummaryCaption: "Thimble bees--Members of the Thimble Bee Surgical Dressing Unit of the Graham Home for Old Ladies making dressings for distribution by Brooklyn Cancer Committee to 202 needy cancer victims. Left to right: Isabelle Walsh, C. F. Anderson, Mrs. Camilla Roggilin of the Brooklyn Cancer Committee, Annie Lyon, Grace Stuart Murty of the home's board of managers, and Mrs. Kate Boynton."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Dec. 17, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGraham Home for Old Ladies (New York, N.Y.) ; Older people -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sewing
  • 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: Graham Home for Old Ladies