About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0196
  • TitleScottish film aids hospital
  • SummaryCaption:"Scottish film aids hospital--James Whyte, right, presents a check for $1,200, proceeds from the benefit performance of the new Scottish film, 'High and Dry,' to Donald G. C. Sinclair, president of Caledonian [Hospital], the only Scottish-sponsored hospital outside of the British Commonwealth. William Reid, Royal Chief of the Order of Scottish Clans and member of the board of directors of the hospital, smiles his pleasure with the gift. Mr. Whyte, a member of the Thistle Gildry, the organization which sponsored the premier performance, was benefit chairman."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Oct. 10, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle; Photographed by Publicity Photographers. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Physicians -- 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: Caledonian Hospital: Staff: II