About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0087
  • TitleSo that the light shall not go out
  • SummaryCaption: "So that the light shall not go out--President Harry D. Gideonse of Brooklyn College contributes the first dollar to the 'wishing well' in the college gym for research in the prevention of blinding eye diseases. Mildred Weisenfeld, executive director of the National Council to Combat Blindness, herself blind, and Seymour Smith, president of the James J. Walker House Plan, which is sponsoring the campus drive, look on."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 21, 1950. Title from inscription on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Blind -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- 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: Schools: Adult: Brooklyn College: General