About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0218
  • TitleOutward bound
  • SummaryCaption: "Outward bound--Layettes, children's clothing, toys, scarves, etc.--made over the past year by residents of the Episcopal Home for the Aged, 480 Herkimer St--are readied [in large packages] for transmission to 20 Episcopal missions throughout the country as Christmas gifts. Left to right, Emily Underdown, Esther Henley, Jennie Crozier, Maude Penny, Bertha Homann and Irene Fish."
  • Date1954
  • 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: date stamped: Dec. 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEpiscopal Home for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Older people -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Packaging -- 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: Homes: Episcopal Home for the Aged