About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0717
  • TitlePuppeteers
  • SummaryCaption: "Puppeteers--These children of Willoughby House Settlement, 97 Lawrence St., under the direction of Florence Grippe, make puppets, write shows and put the puppets through their paces. Seated beside Miss Grippe is Sandra Lane, 12. In center row are Ruby Brok, 10, Lorraine Stimes, 13, Irene Volunstad, 9, and Mary Armour, 9. In top row are Shirley Ann Earley, 12, and Narcissa Volunstad."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 5, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWilloughby House Settlement (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: Willoughby House Settlement: Children