About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0464
  • TitleSigned and sealed
  • SummaryCaption: "Signed and sealed--Construction of the new $1,500,000 building of the Haym Salomon Home and Hospital for the Aged, Cropsey Ave. and Bay 34th St., will start April 8 following the signing of the contracts by (seated, from left to right), Hyman Edelman, chairman of the new building committee, Louis Blumenstock, president, and Benjamin Wachs, treasurer. Standing are Mrs. Brocha Skolnick, 87, and Chaim Weinstein, 89, residents of the home."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Mar. 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorReiss, Sam [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHaym Salomon Home for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- 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: Social welfare: Homes: Haym Salomon Home for the Aged: I