About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0289
  • TitleHow to do it
  • SummaryThree women standing on platform with four garbage cans of various sizes; several spectators at right and large buildings in background. Caption: "How to do it--Bessie A. Kirwa, director of sanitary education of the Sanitation Department, demonstrates how to dump the contents of a receptacle into an ashcan [labeled "Please can your garbage"] without spreading litter in the Brownsville Neighborhood Health and Welfare Council's educational drive for a cleaner community. With her on the demonstration float are, left to right, Mrs. Charlotte O'Shea, chairman of the council, and Mrs. Irene Richardson, co-chairman." (The name of the organization is really Brownsville Neighborhood Council.).
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1954; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownsville Neighborhood Council ; Civic improvement ; Refuse and refuse disposal
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Brownsville: Neighborhood Council