About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0154
  • TitleLeft strictly on their own
  • SummaryCaption: "Left strictly on their own by Jonatha Newcomb (center), volunteer instructor [at Anthonian Hall, residence for the blind located at 107 Greene Avenue], residents like Catherine Hughes, left, and Victoria Drombiskie are encouraged ... 'They should be on their own and no sighted person should help by handling their work.' insists Miss Newcomb, whose sole concern is that each idea is understood enough to be translated into clay."
  • Date[195-?]
  • 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: caption stamped: Dec, 23, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAnthonian Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Blind -- Institutional care -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ceramics
  • 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: Anthonian Hall: III