About This Item

  • TitleTrailblazer
  • Call NumberSWEL_0451
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Trailblazer--Marco Varon, 75, left, is welcomed as first resident of first Sephardic Home for the Aged in United States, at 2265 Cropsey Ave., by Mrs. Marco Cohen, Sal Mitruni, second from right, and Jacob Mahoum, officers of home." Image includes suitcase on steps in foreground.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 17, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSephardic Home for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Older people -- New York (State) -- New York ; Luggage -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, 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.