About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0724
  • TitleBorough's first vet hospital
  • SummaryCaption: "Borough's first vet hospital--Thi[s is] Brooklyn's long-awaited rehabilitation cen[ter] for wounded servicemen, the former United States Public Health Service institution [at] Sheepshead Bay, which cared for maritime and Coast Guard men during the war."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Dec. 6, 1940. Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Veterans Hospital at Sheepshead Bay