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The orphan trains
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Narrated by Stacy Keach.
Publication Information
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1854 to 1929 sent over 150,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 1995.
Subjects
- Orphan trains.
- Orphans > United States > History.
- Orphans > New York (State) > New York > History.
- Street children > New York (State) > New York > History.
- Adopted children > United States > History.
- Adoption > United States > History.
- Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) > History.
- Brace, Charles Loring, 1826-1890.