About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0769
  • Title[Blind Babies Home]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0770), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Blind Babies Home buildings located at 84th Street and 13th Avenue. 0770 shows Dunn Cottage. Both images include children playing in yard. The images are not dated. The home was later renamed Dyker Heights Nursery School for Blind Children.
  • Date[192-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorSmith, Joseph
  • SubjectBlind Babies Home (New York, N.Y.) ; Blind -- New York (State) -- New York ; Blind children -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker Heights (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: Dyker Heights Nursery School for Blind Children