About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0453
  • Title[Children's Aid Society home]
  • SummaryFacade of Children's Aid Society home in Coney Island: two-story building with wrap-around porches on both levels and one-story building attached on far right; flag on main building ("Brooklyn Childrens Aid Society") and American flag on smaller building; beach in foreground.
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1905. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectChildren's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) ; Beaches ; Children -- Institutional care ; Orphanages
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Coney Island: Children's homes