About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0016
  • TitleSign of the times
  • SummaryCaption: "Sign of the times--Department store price war spreads to Beth-El Hospital's fund drive to equip its new $2,200,000 additions. Displaying the 98-cent sign, a two cent slash from the normal dollar contest contribution, is Helen Newman, a volunteer leader in the drive. The hospital hopes to open its new clinic, cancer center, and six-story wing at Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway within 90 days."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 6, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Publicity Photographers." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Beth-El: 1950--