About This Item

  • TitleThe Scrub Team
  • Call NumberSWEL_0520
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour children scrubbing empty wading pool with brushes, mops, and brooms. Caption: "The Scrub Team: Youngsters at the Infants Home of Brooklyn help get their blue-tile wading pool, adjacent to the institution at 1358 56th St., in shape for the hot summer months. Going through the clean-up routine are, left to right, Peter, 4; Fannie, 5, and Melody, 5." (Boy at left, with "X" over face, would have been cropped out of photo.).
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun. 20, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOrphans -- 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.