About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0252
  • TitleAn answer to a veteran's prayer
  • SummaryCaption: "An answer to a veteran's prayer--Curtis Gardiner, left, and Anthonhy Valetta, disabled veterans in Veteran's Administration Hospital, Fort Hamilton [i.e. Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital], accepting a television set and Christmas gifts from George Farakis, Commander Disabled American Veterans, Kings County Chapter, No. 28. The gifts by the DAV were in response to an anonymous letter from a 'shut in' veteran who asked for a television set for his ward so that he could liste=n to Christmas carols. Nurse Matilda Domgola is looking on."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Dec. 20, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Televisions -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Veterans -- 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