About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0562
  • TitleInaugurate library
  • SummaryCaption: "Inaugurate library--Mrs. Nathan Folkman, chairman of Volunteer Service Library Committee of the Prospect Heights Hospital, Mrs. Maud West, president of the hospital, and Mrs. James M. Hills, president of the board of trustees (left to right), are pictured with the new book cart which the library committee will use to service the patients with books."
  • Date1953
  • 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: May 12, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBooks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Volunteer hospital workers -- 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: Prospect Heights Hospital