About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0239
  • TitleBicycle riders
  • SummaryCaption: "Bicycle riders watch their companions plant forsythia around Our Lady of Lourdes shrine at St. Philomena Training School, House of Good Shepherd, one of the many projects supported by the Catholic Charities."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May 10/40. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHouse of the Good Shepherd (New York, N.Y.) ; Bicycles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Group homes for children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shrines -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Homes: House of the Good Shepherd