About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0365
  • TitlePatients at work
  • SummaryCaption:"Patients at work--In the busy workshop, patients master arts and crafts to strengthen muscles and co-ordination and to learn pre-vocational craft skills. Here a loom is adjusted for a young weaver." Image includes two occupational therapists and a young girl painting a watercolor picture.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Apr. 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapists -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapy for children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sanatoriums -- New York (State) -- New York ; Weaving -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Jewish Sanitarium & Hospital for Chronic Diseases: Rehabilitation: II