About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0385
  • TitleNew psychiatric pavilion
  • SummaryCaption: "New psychiatric pavilion--This handsome structure at Kings County Hospital is the new Psychiatric Pavilion, where more than 114 patients can be cared for. The Building was completed in 1942, but not until yesterday. Dr. Sam Parker is director of the psychiatric service. Opening of this building will relieve overcrowding." Image includes two parked cars and portions of two other cars and an ambulance.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Feb. 7, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectKings County Hospital (Kings County, N.Y.) ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East Flatbush (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: Kings County: Buildings: Before 1950