About This Item

  • TitleMenorah Home and Hospital for the Aged
  • Call NumberSWEL_0419
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "More than 250 aged persons ranging in ages from 65 to 101 will participate in the Passover observances in the Morah Home and Hospital for the Aged, 871 Bushwick Ave. ... Pincus Kesicoff, 84, has been teaching five-year-old Janet Sall and Davie Wien how to ask the four traditional questions on the meaning of Passover. The home will dedicate its new building May 2."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Apr. 15, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMenorah Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Older people -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passover
  • 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.