Ophans Adopted
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THE CHILDREN OF THE BRIDGEPORT PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM
November 8, 1927
This picture was taken one morning at 6:30, as the children set out for an all day outing.
The past summer has been a milestone in the lives of the children.
With their own hands they have painted their furniture and dormitories, entirely transforming
the interior of the orphanage. Each child, by the courtesy of friends of the orphanage, and
a local bank , has the nucleus of a bank account. The bank has promised each an
additional quarter for every dollar entered in his bank book.
Baltimore, Feb. 11, 1899
Naugatuck Dailey
A frozen water back exploded at the Home of the
Friendless this morning, setting fire to the building. Amelia Briskey, 9
years old, one of the orphan inmates of the home, was burned to death.
Flora Reifsneider, another orphan,was seriously burned. Mary Lynch, the
cook, was slightly injured by the flames.