About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0195
  • TitlePreparing for hobby show
  • SummaryCaption: "Preparing for hobby show--Left to right, Mrs. Martha Gunther, Christina McFarlane and Mrs. Dorothea Burmeister, blind hobbyists at the Brooklyn Bureau of Social Service and Children's Aid Society [and residents of Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged], prepare handicrafts for the city-wide third annual hobby show for older persons sponsored by the Welfare Council of New York City ..."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 10, 1949; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Handicraft -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sewing
  • 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: Homes: Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged: Holidays