About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0204
  • TitleNew building for Cumberland Hospital
  • SummaryCaption: "New building for Cumberland Hospital--The new out-patient department of Cumberland Hospital is dedicated at Auburn Place and N. Portland Ave. Built at a cost of more than $1000,000,000, the two-story red brick building offers complete facilities for all clinic services. It will be ready to receive patients next month."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 9, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle; Photographed by Jules Geller. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuilding dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Hospitals: Cumberland St. Hospital