![[Six orphan children in wading pool]](../../external.gif?link=http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/12c1f3e955b6e8aaa354a51b874db630&ext=.jpg)
| Title: | [Six orphan children in wading pool] |
| Description: | Five children splashing in wading pool; one boy with whistle and "life guard" shirt perched above them on stool. Caption: "When it comes to expert protection of life, leave it to four-year-old Maxie. He is the lifeguard at the wading pool of the Infants Home of Brooklyn, and when the splashing gets too splashy, he toots his tin whistle. . . . The home is at 1358 56th St." |
| Date: | 1951 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Flatlands (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Aug. 20, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Social Welfare [4]
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| Subject: |
Orphans [5] Orphanages [6] Wading [7] |
| 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 0523 |