About This Item

  • Call NumberBRAI_0347
  • TitleSister of Charity
  • SummaryBarely-visible view of Sisters of Charity nun walking with two girls. The location is Brooklyn, but the exact location, possibly an orphanage or church, is unknown. The image is not dated.
  • Date[188-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCollection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectNuns -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderGeorge Brainerd photograph collection