About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0635
  • TitleKiddie appeal
  • SummaryCaption: "Kiddie appeal--It isn't enough that eggs should be fresh. The Adria Farms, Inc. is now packing them for special appeal to the small fry. Shown making a present of Adria eggs in the new cartons to three boys of St. Vincent's Home [for Boys located at 66 Boerum Place] are Adrian Etzel, president of the firm and his daughters, Vicki, 5, and Muffin, 12. They also gave the boys hand-painted plastic cups to go with the eggs."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 17, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Vincent's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.) ; Eggs -- 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