About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0719
  • TitlePutty in their hands
  • SummaryCaption: "Putty in their hands is an invitation to all sorts of creative inventions for these young sculptors, Julia Adams [African American], community coordinator, gives some advice ..." Two of the three children pictured are African American.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 19, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWilloughby House Settlement (New York, N.Y.) ; African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Settlements -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Social settlements -- 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: Settlement houses: Willoughby House Settlement: Children