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1. The orphan trains [videorecording] [1995]

  • [Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS Home Video, [2006]
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Orphans in New York
  • An ambitious plan
  • Journey to a new life
  • The kindness of strangers
  • The drifters
  • Bad blood
  • Success stories
  • Mothers and fathers
  • The end of orphan trains.
Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
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Law Library (Crown)
LAW-527-01