About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_0012
  • SummaryAntoinette and Norfie Toscano outside their home at 189 Ainslie Street in Brooklyn, New York; younger sister standing with boy before window; older sister in profile at left; tenant Mary Piccalo can be seen in the second floor window.
  • Date[1938?]
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black & white
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatstill image
  • Genredigital images
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original photograph (3 x 4 1/2 in.) digitized on July 18, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Vera Toscano at the Leonard Library. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • SubjectSisters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Italian American girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
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  • Title189 Ainslie Street