About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0139
  • Title[Construction of Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (UNDE 0138, UNDE 0140, UNDE 0141), some of which may also be described in this new record; Construction of Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital; copies 1(0138), 2 (0139), and 4 (0141) show skeleton of building from different angles and at different stages of construction; copy 3 (0140) shows nearly completed surface of building, with most windows yet to be installed and entrance ramp partly in place; construction debris, equipment, automobiles, and trucks throughout. Rectos inscribed "Veterans Hospital, Fort Hamilton" or "Veterans Hospital, Ft. Hamilton" or "Veterans Hosp. Ft. Ham."
  • Date1947-1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteInscription on rectos: "Underhill Studio, NYC." Title supplied by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectHospitals ; Girders
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection