About This Item

  • TitleSt. Joseph's Hall
  • Call NumberSWEL_0603
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0604, SWEL 0605, SWEL 0600, SWEL 0602, SWEL 0596, SWEL 0597, SWEL 0598, SWEL 0599), some of which may also be described in this new record; Nine views of young girls, all residents of St. Joseph's Hall, an orphanage, engaged in a variety of activities including eating, cooking, saying prayers, playing on jungle gym, teeth brushing, and looking at a world globe. 0597 shows four girls wearing Girl Scout uniforms; they are sewing and there is a dog sitting in foreground. 0598 shows girl standing behind rocking horse holding doll. Two of the images include a nun.
  • Date1952, 1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description9 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0598, 0600, 0605: 10 x 8 in. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Stamped on verso of 0596-0599: "Kruh;" 0602-0605: "Please credit Jay Sharp Photos." Title from caption on verso of 0603.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Joseph's Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Children praying -- New York (State) New York [lctgm] ; Dogs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dolls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cooking -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eating & drinking -- New York (State) New York [lctgm] ; Girl Scouts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Globes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Prayer [lctgm] ; Rocking horses -- 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.