About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0353
  • TitlePicture of bliss
  • SummaryCaption: "Picture of bliss--That's what this three-year-old presents as she prepares to sink her teeth into juicy turkey drumstick at annual Thanksgiving dinner for tots in the Salvation Army's Ridgewood Day Nursery, 227 Knickerbocker Ave."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 28, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRidgewood Day Nursery (New York, N.Y.) ; Eating & drinking -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Nursery schools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Ridgewood (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: Centers: Child care: III