About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0628
  • TitleHappy warriors
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0630), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of residents of St. Vincent's Home for Boys, located at 66 Boerum Place, wearing American Indian costumes. 0628 shows Frank Rovere, 14, wearing mask and Donald Hall, 15, wearing headdress and beating tom-tom. 0630 shows two boys taking part in Indian pageant at summer camp in Columbia, New Jersey.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0630: 10 x 8 in. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso of 0628: date stamped: Sep[t] 20, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 0630: date stamped: Oct. 18, 1954; "McNey's Studio & Camera Shop." Title from caption on verso of 0628.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Vincent's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.) ; Indians of North America -- Clothing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphans -- 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: Orphanages: Saint Vincent's: Children