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St. Joseph's Hall

St. Joseph's Hall

Image represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0617, SWEL 0616), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images, in two different sizes, of Christmas celebrations at St. Joseph's Hall. Caption (0616): Santa, Richard Broderick, and his helpers, left to right, Helen Aitken, Audrey Pegg and June McGarry, place gifts under a tree ..." 0617: "Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy and Howard A. Seitz, president of the Emerald Association ... on a visit to watch the annual Christmas play [at St. Joseph's Hall]." Image includes five orphan girls, all holding dolls. 0620: "The Rev. Michael Hunt, moderator of the Senior Sodality of Our Lady of St. Athanasius R. C. Church, distributes gifts to some of the 40 children from St. Joseph's Home ... The children, left to right, are: Ethel Rosentel, 11; Annette Migliore, 10; Bernadette Hanna, 10; Carolee Annunziata, 10; Julia Martinex, 11, and her sister, Sylvia, 10, and Carmine Rosario, 11. The home is at 735 Willoughby Ave."

IMAGE DATE1953
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