About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0456
  • TitleLuncheon guests
  • SummaryCaption: "Luncheon guests--Johh H. Benson, manager of the Swedish Augustana Home for the Aged, 60th St. and 17th Ave., welcomes Mrs. Ida Haskins, 95, oldest resident of the home, to its 40th anniversary luncheon. ... Looking on are Mrs. Maria Carlson, president of the Brooklyn home's ladies auxiliary, and Mrs. John H. Benson, extreme right, housemother of the home."
  • Date1948
  • 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: Oct. 13, 1948; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSwedish Augustana Home for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- 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: Swedish Augustana Home for the Aged