About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0452
  • TitleSephardic home
  • SummaryCaption: "Sephardic home--Mrs. Vincent R. Impellitteri, left, hands key to the Sephardic Home for the Aged, 2265 Cropsey Ave., to Hyman Elias, 90-year-old patriarch of Sephardic Society, at dedication rites. Watching are Mayor Impellitteri, Rabbi Isaac Alcalay and Jacob Russo, president of the society."
  • Date1951
  • 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: May 21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectImpellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987 ; Sephardic Home for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Older people -- 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: Sephardic Home for the Aged