About This Item

  • TitleBreaking ground for hospital enlargement
  • Call NumberHOSP_0051
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Breaking gound for hospital enlargement--New modernization program for Brooklyn Hospital, to cost $1,500,000 officially started yesterday with cermonies in courtyard inside the hospital grounds. Left to right are Nurse Ruby Blundell; Dr. Adrian Van Sinderen, president of the hospital from 1930 to 1946; Dr. Paul D. Shafer, current president, and Nurse Kathryn McTernan. The color guard is from the 3d Naval District."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: May 25, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.