About This Item


  • Title[Attorney for Williamsburg Settlement]
  • Call NumberNEIG_2101
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryElderly man with glasses, bow tie, and carnation, receiving plaque from two women on either side; upright piano and banner reading, "Camp Wilset -- Williamsburg Settlement," in background. Caption: "David Weynberg, who has been attorney for the Williamsburg Settlement as a labor of love for 28 years, received the thanks of officers of the institution at a ceremony there. Taking part were Mrs. Murray C. Bittner, president of the Brooklyn Philanthropic League, which sponsors the settlement, and Mrs. Benjamin Ammerman, president of the settlement, which is at 17 Montrose Ave."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Jun[e] 19, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAward presentations ; Banners ; Social settlements
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.