About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2077
  • TitleMusic makers
  • SummaryWoman with veil, pearl necklace, and dress gloves accepting paper held by two seated children; older woman looking on at left. Caption: "Music makers -- Edith Schwartz, 7, and Richard Zito, 6, young members of Williamsburg Settlement Children's Orchestra, invite Brooklyn-born song star Dorothy Sarnoff to be guest soloist at a sidewalk symphony to launch drive for the Settlement's free music school next Saturday. Mrs. Benjamin Ammerman, president of the institution, accompanies the children."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: caption stamped: Sep. 18, 1951; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorFriedman, Leo
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSarnoff, Dorothy ; Children ; 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