About This Item

  • TitleSt. Charles Hospital
  • Call NumberHOSP_0581
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "More than 100 kiddies from the St. Charles Home for Crippled Children on Hicks St. and at Port Jefferson became the crew of the steamer Americana and sailed to Playland, Rye Beach, N. Y., to fill a day with happiness supplied by the Rudder Club of Brooklyn. ... John E. Johnson was chairman of the committee of arrangements." The children are seen riding the 'Around the Borough-Go-Round.'.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Aug. 14, 1948. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- 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.