About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0221
  • TitleEvangelical Home for the Aged
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0222), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of residents of Evangelical Home for the Aged, located at 1420 Bushwick Avenue, dressed in various costumes for annual Halloween party. 0221 shows, left to right, Mrs. Dora Vetter, 69, Herman Fick, 74, Anton Bruchhauser, 74, and John Vagts, 82. 0222 shows Miss Amelia Leffler, 74, Miss Lena Walter, 74, and Mrs. David J. McKay, 79.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: dates stamped: 0221: Oct. 30, 1950; 0222: Nov. 8, 1950. Title from caption and inscription on versos.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEvangelical Home for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Costume -- New York (State) -- New York ; Halloween -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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: Evangelical Home for the Aged