About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0625
  • TitleHouse of St. Giles the Cripple
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOSP 0623), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of St. Giles the Cripple, located at the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and President Street. 0623 shows the hospital in the final stages of construction.
  • Date1916, 1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePrinted on recto of 0623: F. A. Walter. Small triangular piece missing from lower right corner of 0623. Stamped on verso: 0623: Eagle; Aug. 22, 1916; inscribed on verso of 0625: June 2/39. Title from caption on verso of 0625.
  • SubjectHospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: St. Giles the Cripple: Buildings