About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0709
  • TitleWho says artists have to starve?
  • SummaryCaption: "Who says artists have to starve? This [unidentified] blond young advocate of abstract designs nonchantlantly nibbles at sandwich ... She's one of 155 children who make their home away from home in the Dr. White Memorial Catholic Settlement Recreation Center [located at 228 York Street] in Farragut Houses."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: Jan. 19, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDr. White Memorial Catholic Settlement House (New York, N.Y.) ; 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: Dr. White Memorial Catholic Settlement Association