About This Item

  • TitlePlan benefit
  • Call NumberSWEL_0495
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Plan benefit--Mrs. John J. Whittmer (left), co-chairman of the benefit bridge for the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn ... and Mrs. R. Whitney Gasnell, president of the society, met to arrange for the 119th anniversary bridge."
  • 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: caption stamped: Apr. 26, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.) ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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.