About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0262
  • TitleEaster purchases
  • SummaryCaption: "Easter purchases--Gray Lady Mrs. Beth K. Myers delivers canteen purchases to patients at Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital. Holding Easter basket is Albert O'Toole; behind him, Jan Campfield awaits his turn while John P. McGaire accepts his Easter order. The Gray Ladies shop for patients who cannot visit the hospital canteen."
  • 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: Apr. 17, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle; Publicity Photographers. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEaster -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gifts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans' hospitals -- 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: Fort Hamilton Veterans: Staff & patients: II