About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0640
  • TitleYou're invited, sir
  • SummaryCaption: "You're invited, sir--Charlie Hoffman, representing St. Vincent's Home for Boys, 66 Boerum Place, presents Borough President Cashmore with ticket to home's annual boys' show ... Looking on are Borough Works Commissioner John J. Lynch and Election Commissioner John R. Crews, right, also invited guests, and Mrs. Ann Barkley Hargert, general chairman of show, and the Rev. William M. Casey."
  • Date1950
  • 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: date stamped: Jun[e] 13, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; St. Vincent's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphans -- 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: Orphanages: Saint Vincent's: General