About This Item


  • TitleIdle Hour Mansion
  • Call NumberSWEL_0547
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "New summer home for orphans--Historic Idle Hour Mansion in Long Beach has been donated by Bernard Sharp, Long Beach philanthropist, to the Pride of Judea Children's Home for use as a summer place for the 300 youngsters." Building appears to be undergoing repairs.
  • Date1943
  • 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: Jul[y] 23, 1943. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPride of Judea Children's Home (New York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationLong Beach (N.Y.)
  • 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.