About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0683
  • TitleAt Colony House benefit
  • SummaryCaption: "At Colony House benefit--Private and Mrs. Gordon R. Edwards, Miss Rachel Dickerson and Lt. James H. Merwarth (left to right) rest between dances at the annual dinner dance for the benefit of Colony House, Inc. in the Sert Room of the Waldorf-Astoria, Manhattan."
  • 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: caption stamped: Feb. 3, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMollet
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectColony House (New York, N.Y.) ; Eating & drinking -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Fund raising -- 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: Celebrations