About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0593
  • TitleSt. Joseph's Orphan Asylum
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0594), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two exterior views, in different sizes, of St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum located at Willoughby Avenue and Lewis Avenue. It was later renamed St. Joseph's Hall. The images are not dated.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectSt. Joseph's Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Social welfare: Orphanages: Saint Joseph's Hall: Building