About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0523
  • Title[Six orphan children in wading pool]
  • SummaryFive children splashing in wading pool; one boy with whistle and "life guard" shirt perched above them on stool. Caption: "When it comes to expert protection of life, leave it to four-year-old Maxie. He is the lifeguard at the wading pool of the Infants Home of Brooklyn, and when the splashing gets too splashy, he toots his tin whistle. . . . The home is at 1358 56th St."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 20, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOrphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wading [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Infants Home of Brooklyn: Children