About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn Cancer Hospital
  • Call NumberHOSP_0025
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering of Brooklyn Cancer Institute constructed on Cumberland Street. Typset caption on recto: "Study of new elevation, Brooklyn Cancer Hospital, Charles B. Meyers, architect." Inscription on verso:"Reconstruction of old Cumberland Hospital, Auburn Pl., for Cancer Hospital."
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: Oct.30/31. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption below image 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.