About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0496
  • TitleLittle cobblers
  • SummaryReproduction of four small boys sitting, and one man standing, wearing apron, in courtyard of the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum at 1435 Atlantic Avenue. The boys are learning how to make and/or repair shoes. The image is not dated.
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 reproduction : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genrereproductions
  • NoteTitle from caption below image on recto.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shoemakers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Social welfare: Orphanages: Brooklyn Orphan Asylum Society