About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0689
  • TitleGift from Hazel
  • SummaryCaption: "Gift from Hazel--When the Parks Department was carting away tree branches scattered by Hurricane Hazel, children from the Colony House requested some branches to make a Christmas tree. Ada Correa, 6, and Gladys Cores, 7, put finishing touches to one of those trees and three giant candles made of cardboard and old coffee cans."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectColony House (New York, N.Y.) ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas trees -- 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: Colony House: Children