About This Item

  • TitleFeast of lights
  • Call NumberSWEL_0515
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo orphan children standing before lighted menorah. Caption: "Feast of lights: Youngsters of the Infants Home of Brooklyn, 1358 56th St., mark opening of the Chanukah week-long celebration by lighting of the traditional candles. Two youngsters, Lipa, 5, left, and Ziporah, 4, led the rites which depict the story of the heroic Maccabees."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOrphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hanukkah ; Menorah
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.