About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0510
  • TitlePardon us for a moment
  • SummaryEight toddlers from orphanage at 1358 56th St. sitting on chamber pots and looking to two adults partially visible in background. Caption: "Pardon us for a moment!: It's time out and backs to the camera for these youngsters, who are determined to stay on schedule. Infants at the Home use diapers at the rate of 22,000 per month."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul. 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOrphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toilet training
  • 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: Infants Home of Brooklyn: Children