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.) [2] Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
Title from inscription on verso. |
Collection: | Social Welfare [4]
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Subject: |
Graham Home for Old Ladies (New York, N.Y.) [5] Old age homes [6] |
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 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/7f2a47d70da43a7d9b46b1f27e529c47&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Clinton+Hill+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Social+Welfare
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/g/Graham Home for Old Ladies (New York, N.Y.)
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/o/Old age homes