About This Item


  • TitleSister Irene's, registering an arrival
  • Call NumberWILC_0023
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of two Sisters of Charity nuns, one of whom is writing on a large piece of paper, and a nurse holding an infant at the New York Foundling Hospital, referred to here as Sister Irene's, organized and directed by 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: 112c. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius [photographer]
  • SubjectNew York Foundling Hospital ; Abandoned children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Foundlings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- 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.