| Title: | Answer to delinquency |
| Description: | Caption: "Answer to delinquency--Youngsters at Colony House, 297 Dean St., offer three interested observers first-hand information as to how they spend their spare time. The three gentlemen, left to right, are Arthur Levitt, Brooklyn member of Board of Education; J. Bertram Wegman, president of Youth United, and Presiding Justice John Warren Hill of Domestic Relations Court who visited the settlement as part of a effort to coordinate citywide delinquency prevention. The youngsters are, left to right, Patricia Boyle, 14, of 55 5th Ave., standing; Louis Sams, 9, of 322 Bergen St. [holding ball], Tony Fiorello, 15, of 449 State St. [holding basesball bat and glove] and Joyce McIntyre, 8, of 467 Pacific St." Image includes pictorial display with caption, "Youth United for better citizens of tomorrow." |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Sharp, Jay, photographer. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Social Welfare [3]
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| Subject: |
Colony House (New York, N.Y.) [4] Settlements [5] Social settlements [6] |
| 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 0693 |