About This Item
- TitleSister Irene's, registering an arrival
- Call NumberWILC_0023
- Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryView of two Sisters of Charity nuns, one of whom is writing on a large piece of paper, and a nurse holding an infant at the New York Foundling Hospital, referred to here as Sister Irene's, organized and directed by Sister Mary Irene, born Catherine Fitzgibbon in London in 1823.
- Date1892
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 6 in.
- Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
- NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 112c. Title from inscription below image on recto.
- CreatorWilcox, Julius [photographer]
- SubjectNew York Foundling Hospital ; Abandoned children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Foundlings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
- PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
- RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.