About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0035
  • TitleAs the twig is bent
  • SummaryCaption: "As the twig is bent--Until the Brownsville Boys Club was born in 1940, Brownsville gutters, ideal breeding ground for all kinds of gangs, including the infamous Murder, Inc., were the only play spaces for thousands of restless teenagers. Reuben Bennett, executive director, heads the social workers at the club." Image includes row of four-story attached residential buildings on both sides of street, several boys playing ball in the street, several pedestrians, and several parked automobiles.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Nov. 29, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPaulette Studio
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Boys clubs: Brownsville: I