About This Item

  • TitleToby's the belle of the bathers
  • Call NumberSWEL_0511
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBoy and girl from orphanage at 1358 56th St. in wading pool; boy with "life guard" shirt sitting on stool; girl in water up to ankles looking up to him. Caption: "Toby's the belle of the bathers, Toby's the best on the beach . . . at the Infants Home of Brooklyn."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 8, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWading [lctgm] ; Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.