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Title:

The orphan trains [videorecording] / a production of Edward Gray Films, Inc. ; WGBH ; produced and directed by Janet Graham and Edward Gray ; written by Edward Gray.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

PBS Home Video,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

1 videodisc (approx. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Orphan trains.
Orphans--New York--New York--History.
Orphans--United States--History.
Street children--New York--New York--History.
Adopted children--United States--History.
Adoption--United States--History.
Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.)
Brace, Charles Loring,--1826-1890.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary videos.
Historical television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary--Feature.
Historical--Feature.

Other Authors:

McCullough, David G.
Keach, Stacy.
Graham, Janet, producer.
Gray, Edward.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Home Video.

Other Titles:

American experience (Television program)

Notes:

Documentary. Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Stacy Keach. "PBS"--Container. Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience. Program content: c1995.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780793691500
0793691508

OCLC:

(OCoLC)68941085

UPC:

841887006514

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