About This Item

  • TitleSister Irene's: bread and milk before bed
  • Call NumberWILC_0026
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of group of children about to have bread and milk in dining room before going to bed at the New York Foundling Hospital, referred to here as Sister Irene's, organized and directed by Sisters of Charity nun, Sister Mary Irene, born Catherine Fitzgibbon in London in 1823.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 6 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 30d. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius [photographer]
  • SubjectNew York Foundling Hospital ; Abandoned children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dining rooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eating & drinking -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Foundlings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceNew 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.