About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0238
  • TitleFirst man in
  • SummaryCaption: "First man in--Smiling George J. shaw, 25, is the first patient to move into the new $20,000,000 Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital. Nurses shown with him are (left to right) Mildred Henry, Sadie Petraitis, Irene Ushinski, and Beatrice Pachman."
  • Date[1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Feb. 9, 1950; on caption: "Eagle staff photo by Lambert." Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans' hospitals -- 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: Fort Hamilton Veterans: Staff & patients: I