About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0712
  • TitlePlaying house
  • SummaryCaption: "Playing house--Irma Battencort, 6, dressed in oversize garments, enjoys a chat on toy telephone during a play period [at Willoughby House Settlement]. ..."
  • Date1953
  • 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: caption stamped: May 18, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWilloughby House Settlement (New York, N.Y.) ; Settlements -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Social settlements -- 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: Settlement houses: Willoughby House Settlement: Children