About This Item
- TitleNew hospital
- Call NumberHOSP_0150
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOSP 0149), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two similar images Caption (0149): "New hospital--Laying cornerstone for the new Brooklyn tuberculosis and Chronic Disease Hospital, Mayor O'Dwyer aplies the first trowel of cement. Left to right in front row are Public Works Commissioner Frederick H. Zurmuhlen; Dr. Irwin E. Siris, president of the Kings County Medical Society; Dr. Marcus D. Kogel, Commissioner of Hospitals, and Borough Works Commissioner John J. Lynch." Both images include several other unidentified men.
- Date1949
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
- NoteOn verso of 0149: date stamped: Jun[e] 11, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo;" date inscribed on verso of 0150: 1949. Title from caption on verso of 0149.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Physicians -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.