About This Item

  • TitleKindest of all
  • Call NumberSWEL_0422
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Kindest of all--Eleanor Gordon, left, volunteer aid for the Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged, 871 Bushwick Ave., helps Mr. and Mrs. Bennet E. Siegelstein, who founded the institution 45 years ago, cut ribbon opening new dental clinic, equipped to take care of 350 old folks at the home." Image includes large bouquet in left foreground and dentist's chair in right foreground.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMenorah Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Bouquets [lctgm] ; Dedications -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dental clinics -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.