About This Item

  • TitleOrphan asylum
  • Call NumberBRAI_0144
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo identical stereoscopic views of an orphan asylum, with inscribed sign, "Orphan Asylum Society" under roof gable, at an unidentified Brooklyn location.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsstereographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectOrphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.