Children Sitting on Suitcase

- CSS Description
- #4467 Unknown Photographer These two tidy children, sitting on their suitcase to have their picture taken before boarding the bus for Sea Breeze, are quite a contrast to the children who went to Sea Breeze around the turn of the century. In Tom McConnon's cheerful reminiscenses of his childhood, "Angels in Hell's Kitchen" (Doubleday, cl959), he tells at p. 202-3 of going to Sea Breeze by "Special" trolley cars, a two hour trip. They started from the "free dispensary" at 36 Street and Ninth Avenue and "There wasn't a suitcase in evidence" among the children assembled there. Every child carried a bundle wrapper in paper, oilcloth, burlap, or anything else they happened to have. (This description fits CSS photo #2088.) when they arrived, they drew deep breaths and exclaimed, "Wow! This is air!" The McConnon family also benefited from AICP free ice (p.60) and free milk (p. 142).
Item Information
- Title
- Children Sitting on Suitcase
- Date
- between 1879 and 1950
- Date Note
- Date based on the date range (1879-1950) of the photographic portion of the Community Service Society Collection.
- Item Number
- 564
- Photograph Number
- 4467
- Format
- photographs
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Places
- New York (N.Y.)
- Topics
- Stairs; Luggage; Girls; Children; Boys
- Names
- Sea Breeze Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
- Box and Folder Number
- 299: 81
- CSS Description
- #4467 Unknown Photographer These two tidy children, sitting on their suitcase to have their picture taken before boarding the bus for Sea Breeze, are quite a contrast to the children who went to Sea Breeze around the turn of the century. In Tom McConnon's cheerful reminiscenses of his childhood, "Angels in Hell's Kitchen" (Doubleday, cl959), he tells at p. 202-3 of going to Sea Breeze by "Special" trolley cars, a two hour trip. They started from the "free dispensary" at 36 Street and Ninth Avenue and "There wasn't a suitcase in evidence" among the children assembled there. Every child carried a bundle wrapper in paper, oilcloth, burlap, or anything else they happened to have. (This description fits CSS photo #2088.) when they arrived, they drew deep breaths and exclaimed, "Wow! This is air!" The McConnon family also benefited from AICP free ice (p.60) and free milk (p. 142).