About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0213
  • TitleFun at 91
  • SummaryCaption: "Fun at 91--Mrs. Sophie Thompson celebrated her 91st birthday with a party at the Brooklyn Home for Aged Men and Couples. That's Charles H. Thayer, 96, oldest man in the home, beside her."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan 29, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Home for Aged Men and Couples (New York, N.Y.) ; Birthday cakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Birthday parties -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Old age homes -- 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: Homes: Brooklyn Home for Aged Men and Couples