About This Item

  • TitleCumberland Hospital
  • Call NumberHOSP_0198
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering of Cumberland Hospital, completed in 1953, located at the intersection of North Portland Avenue and Auburn Place.
  • Date[1953?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NotePrinted on recto: "Designed by Department of Public Works: Irving V. A. Huie, Commissioner; Bureau of Architecture: A. Gordon Lorimer, Chief, Bureau of Architecture; out-patient building for Cumberland Hospital, Brooklyn, New York; Department of Hospitals: Dr. E. M.Bernecker, Commissioner; Lorimer Rich, Consultant architect; Isadore Rosenfield, Chief Architect - Hospitals." The image is not dated. Title from printed caption on recto.
  • SubjectHospitals -- 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.