Graham Home for Old Ladies

Graham Home for Old Ladies
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Title: Graham Home for Old Ladies
Description:

Exterior view of Graham Home for Old Ladies, located at 320 Washington Avenue. Inscription: "One of many philanthropies for which Brooklyn is indebted to Augustus Graham [who founded it in 1851], this is a home for 70 women. Some have lived there for 20 or 30 years. Rooms are well furnished, like a private club, and a small hospital cares for the infirm." Image is not dated.

Date: [195-?]
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from inscription on verso.
Collection: Social Welfare
Subject: Graham Home for Old Ladies (New York, N.Y.)
Old age homes
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 0231