About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0699
  • TitlePlane talk
  • SummaryCaption: "Plane talk--Mrs. Charles A. Riedel, left, and Mrs. Travis H. Whitney, president of the Willoughby House Settlement, display new shop equipment at new settlement house in the Farragut Housing Project, 228 York St. The kids, left to right, are Wanda Wohl, 9, of 202 York St.; Freddy Willis, 9, and Bernice Johnson, 5, both of 224 York St., and Anita King, 6, of 233 Sands St." Two of the girls are African American.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Jan. 31, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWilloughby House Settlement (New York, N.Y.) ; African American girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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: Staff