About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0367
  • TitleForm founding committee
  • SummaryCaption: "Form founding committee--Capt. Joseph Posey, Courtney Wiltshire, Wilbert P. Blanche, left to right, and Mrs. Bill Robinson, widow of the dancer, are among the members of the founding committee for the Bill (Bojangles) Robinson Free Day Nursery to be built in the Bedford Stuyvesant section. Mrs. Robinson is co-chairman with Noble Sissle, orchestra leader, and Frederick W. Eversley, president of the Putnam Central Club, sponsor of the care center. Mr. Wiltshire is attorney for the project."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 10, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBill Robinson Memorial Free Day Nursery (New York, N.Y.) ; Nursery schools -- 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: Centers: Child care: Bill Robinson Memorial Free Day Nursery