About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0229
  • TitleGraham Home for Old Ladies celebrates 100th anniversary
  • SummaryCaption: "Graham Home for Old Ladies celebrates 100th anniversary--At reception marking 100th anniversary of founding of Graham Home for Old Ladies, 320 Washington Ave., Mrs. William F. Heissenbuttel, 1st directress, cuts anniversary cake, while Mrs. James W. Henderson, 2d directress, left, and Mrs. Adrian F. Paradis, reception chairman, look on." Image also includes two floral bouquets and two plates of cookies.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Feb. 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGraham Home for Old Ladies (New York, N.Y.) ; Anniversaries ; Bouquets [lctgm] ; Cake -- 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: Graham Home for Old Ladies