About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0231
  • TitleGraham Home for Old Ladies
  • SummaryExterior view of Graham Home for Old Ladies, located at 320 Washington Avenue. Inscription: "One of many philanthropies for which Brooklyn is indebted to Augustus Graham [who founded it in 1851], this is a home for 70 women. Some have lived there for 20 or 30 years. Rooms are well furnished, like a private club, and a small hospital cares for the infirm." Image is not dated.
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGraham Home for Old Ladies (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (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