[Six orphan children in wading pool]

[Six orphan children in wading pool]
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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.)
Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
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
Subject: Orphans
Orphanages
Wading
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