About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0591
  • TitleOrphans from St. Joseph's Hall and St. John's Home
  • SummaryCaption: "More than 250 happy kids, orphans from St. Joseph's Hall, Brooklyn, and St. John's Home, Rockaway Park, were guests at Steeplechase Park and did all of the rides there as many times as they wished. When it was all over, Donald La Rosa of St. John's Home, speaking for the kids, thanked Boro Works Commissioner John J. Lynch, a member of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Society of Brooklyn. Thanks also went to George Tilyou, park owner, John J. Flannery of the Children's Bus Service, and all the cops who helped make the day one long to remember." Note: caption mentions four men, but image includes three.
  • Date1950
  • 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: Aug. 31, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. John's Home for Boys (Ne York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceQueens (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: Orphanages: Saint John's Home for Boys: Children