About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0626
  • TitleWeighing in
  • SummaryCaption: "Weighing in--John Conklin, 14, studies the scale as Sister Thomas adjusts the weights on the first lap of the medical checkups for the 55 new arrivals at the home [located at 66 Boerum Place]. ..."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 2, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Vincent's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.) ; Nuns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scales (Weighing instruments) -- 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