Westchester Temporary Home for Destitute Children Album of Photographs,
1907-1908
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This album of photographs was kept by Anna Sweet, one of the teachers at the Westchester Temporary Home for Destitute Children in White Plains. The home was established in Pleasantville in 1880, the result of legislation by New York State requiring that needy children not be housed in almshouses with adults. By 1890, the home had been moved to a building on North Street in White Plains. It closed its doors in 1908, shortly after these photos were taken.