About This Item

  • TitleValues of personal cleanliness
  • Call NumberSWEL_0514
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree children in bathrobes brushing teeth in bathroom at Infants Home of Brooklyn (1358 56th St.).; nurse assisting boy furthest from camera. Caption: "Values of personal cleanliness: Though away from their own homes, the children are taught to keep up personal cleanliness habits. Here head nurse Marcella Witriol keeps tabs on some of the older children, who are known as 'Seniors.'".
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul. 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOrphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Teeth -- Care and hygiene
  • 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.