About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0693
  • TitleAnswer to delinquency
  • SummaryCaption: "Answer to delinquency--Youngsters at Colony House, 297 Dean St., offer three interested observers first-hand information as to how they spend their spare time. The three gentlemen, left to right, are Arthur Levitt, Brooklyn member of Board of Education; J. Bertram Wegman, president of Youth United, and Presiding Justice John Warren Hill of Domestic Relations Court who visited the settlement as part of a effort to coordinate citywide delinquency prevention. The youngsters are, left to right, Patricia Boyle, 14, of 55 5th Ave., standing; Louis Sams, 9, of 322 Bergen St. [holding ball], Tony Fiorello, 15, of 449 State St. [holding basesball bat and glove] and Joyce McIntyre, 8, of 467 Pacific St." Image includes pictorial display with caption, "Youth United for better citizens of tomorrow."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectColony House (New York, N.Y.) ; Settlements -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Social settlements -- 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: Settlement houses: Colony House: Children