About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0631
  • TitleBoys from St. Vincent's home off to camp
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0634), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of residents of St. Vincent's Home for Boys, located at 66 Boerum Place, boarding buses headed for summer camps. 0631 includes the Rev. William M. Casey, rector, saying good-bye to boys headed for Camp St. Dominic in Straatsburg, New York. Boys shown in 0634 are headed for Camp St. Benedict in Newtown, New Jersey. Names inscribed on verso: Joseph McAllese, Anthony DeGroed, Joseph Casino, James Kominski, John Hauss, and Thomas Marion.
  • Date1950, 1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso of 0631: caption stamped: Jun[e] 28, 1950 Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 0634: date stamped: Jul[y] 10, 1950; "Robert Powell, photographer." Retouched. Title from caption on verso of 0631.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Vincent's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.) ; Catholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Buses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Social welfare: Orphanages: Saint Vincent's: Children