Weighing in

Weighing in
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Title: Weighing in
Description:

Caption: "Weighing in--John Conklin, 14, studies the scale as Sister Thomas adjusts the weights on the first lap of the medical checkups for the 55 new arrivals at the home [located at 66 Boerum Place]. ..."

Date: 1954
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Geller, Jules.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 2, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Social Welfare
Subject: St. Vincent's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.)
Nuns
Orphanages
Orphans
Scales (Weighing instruments)
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
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 0626