About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2076
  • TitleEvery bit helps
  • SummaryBoy holding piggy bank in the shape of Mister Peanut surrounded by four adults; chain link fence and rear of buildings with fire escapes in background. Caption: "Every bit helps -- Morton Greenberg, 9, 162 Pulaski St., contributed his fortune, 16c and his bank, to the Williamsburg Settlement House music school fund drive at the school's sidewalk symphony concert yesterday afternoon. Kneeling at his side is Dorothy Sarnoff of 'The King and I' cast. Behind him, left to right, are Mrs. Benjamin Ammerman, president of the Williamsburg Settlement; Mrs. Moses L. Annenberg, and Harry Hirshfield, radio and television comic."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: caption stamped: Sep. 24, 1951; Eagle Staff photo. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSarnoff, Dorothy ; Boys ; Piggy banks ; Social settlements
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Williamsburg: Settlement Houses: Children