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Minding Brooklyn's Tots: The Colony House
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In 1917, a New England Society committee organized what was then called " the Colony House Guild" in order to take care of the children of factory girls and women. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle documented the Colony House’s work with the borough’s children.
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495 Atlantic Avenue
\[Colony House] Image represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0677), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Colony House, at an unknown Brooklyn location, with group of children standing on sidewalk in front of building. 0678 includes large sign, "This is Colony House Settlement ..." above second floor.
495 Atlantic Avenue
\[Colony House] Image represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0677), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Colony House, at an unknown Brooklyn location, with group of children standing on sidewalk in front of building. 0678 includes large sign, "This is Colony House Settlement ..." above second floor.
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