About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0089
  • TitleBrooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged
  • SummaryCaption: "In traditional vestments, three inmates of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, 813 Howard Ave., make ready to usher in the final year of the Jewish calendar's 58th century at sundown today. Louis Eisen, 97, sounding the ram's horn, is flanked by Charles Wiesenfeld, 84, left, and Oscar Ellner, 86."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Sept.13/39; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudaism -- Customs and practices -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rosh ha-Shanah ; Shofar
  • 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: Holidays: Jewish: Rosh Hashanah