About This Item

  • TitlePreview of Christmas
  • Call NumberHOSP_0616
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Preview of Christmas--Two of 20 handicapped children from St. Charles Orthopedic Hospital, 277 Hicks St., went for a ride with Santa Claus on the carousel at the opening of Toyland at Abraham & Straus yesterday morning. Some 3,000 youngsters flocked to the store's eighth floor, but the 20 kids from the hospital were the guests of honor. Andrea Cardella, 2 1/2, at left, seems a bit confused by Santa's beard, but Joan Beplor, 6, right, seems to know what it all means."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso:date: Oct. 31, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle; on caption: "Eagle photo by Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Merry-go-rounds -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Santa Claus -- 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.