About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0206
  • TitleMagnet
  • SummaryClose-up view of a variety of surgical instruments sticking to a large magnet at Cumberland Street Hospital.
  • Date1924
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: April 19/24. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectMagnets ; Surgical instruments and apparatus -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Hospitals: Cumberland St. Hospital