About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0203
  • TitleBeaming their pleasure
  • SummaryCaption: "Beaming their pleasure--Two 'members of the family' at the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People, 1095 St. John's Place, Elizabeth Jackson, 95, and Fred Marshal, 87, hold hands while they chat at the home."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar, 19, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Home for Aged Colored People (New York, N.Y.) ; African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Older people -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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 Colored People