About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0481
  • TitleAngel Guardian Home
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0477, SWEL 0475, SWEL 0479, SWEL 0478), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five images, in two different sizes, of children who are residents of Angel Guardian Home, an orphanage located at 12th Avenue and 64th Street. 0475 shows two unidentified men holding toddlers and nun standing between them. 0477 shows four young boys eating at table. 0478 shows baby in bassinet. 0479 shows nun holding baby in yard; image includes several bassinets. 0481 shows four children in playroom.
  • Date1949-1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0478-0480: 10 x 8 in. Title from inscription on verso of 0475.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAngel Guardian Home (New York, N.Y.) ; Nuns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Angel Guardian Home: Children