About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0212
  • TitleHome for Aged Men & Couples
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0206, SWEL 0207), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three exterior views, in two different sizes, of Brooklyn Home for Aged Men and Couples located at 745 Classon Avenue. 0206 shows group of 10 men standing on front steps. 0212 shows Joseph T. Perkins Memorial and Elizabeth Greenman Stillman Memorial buildings.
  • Date1905, 1912
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0212: 8 x 10 in. On verso of 0206, 0207: date stamped: May 29, 1905; Eagle stamp; 0212: date stamped: May 21, 1912; Brooklyn Daily Eagle label. Title from inscription on verso of 0206 and 0207.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectBrooklyn Home for Aged Men and Couples (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (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: Homes: Brooklyn Home for Aged Men and Couples