About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0588
  • TitleRailroad brotherhood
  • SummaryCaption: "Railroad brotherhood--Two young model railroad engineers ready cars of the St. John's Home [for Boys] Special for a ... trip around the home's recreation room."
  • Date1952
  • 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: Feb. 17, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. John's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads, Miniature -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceQueens (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: Orphanages: Saint John's Home for Boys: Children