About This Item

  • TitleCast me not off in old age
  • Call NumberSWEL_0429
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Cast me not off in old age--Shown breaking ground for new addition to Menorah Home and Hospital for [the] Aged, 871 Bushwick Ave., are, left to right, Welfare Commissioner Henry L. McCarthy, Bennett E. Siegelstein, chairman of hospital board, John J. Bennett, chairman of City Planning Commission, Aaron L. Fried, president of hospital, and Jostph H. Schwartz, chairman of building committee."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 17, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMenorah Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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.