About This Item


  • TitleHebrew Orphan auxiliary installation
  • Call NumberSWEL_0490
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Hebrew Orphan auxiliary installation--Court of Claims Judge George Sylvester, president of the men's board of the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and Mrs. Edward B. Bermas and Mrs. Joel E. Rothenberg, whom he installed as president and first vice president, respectively, of the women's auxiliary of the children's service bureau of the orphanage."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 11, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- 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.