Form founding committee
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| Title: | Form founding committee |
| Description: | Caption: "Form founding committee--Capt. Joseph Posey, Courtney Wiltshire, Wilbert P. Blanche, left to right, and Mrs. Bill Robinson, widow of the dancer, are among the members of the founding committee for the Bill (Bojangles) Robinson Free Day Nursery to be built in the Bedford Stuyvesant section. Mrs. Robinson is co-chairman with Noble Sissle, orchestra leader, and Frederick W. Eversley, president of the Putnam Central Club, sponsor of the care center. Mr. Wiltshire is attorney for the project." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 10, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Social Welfare
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| Subject: |
Bill Robinson Memorial Free Day Nursery (New York, N.Y.) Nursery schools |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
| ID: | SWEL 0367 |
