About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0516
  • TitleLegion post helps vets
  • SummaryCaption: "Legion post helps vets--Commander Dan Zimmerman, left, of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Post, American Legion, receives handclasp of thanks from Norman Lavoie, director of Manhattan Beach Veterans Hospital, for post's gift of special orthopedic bed. Looking on, left to right, are nurse Elizabeth Langan, Human Koploff, a patient, and Victor Faine and Walter Madigan, both past commanders of the post."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Jul[y] 27, 1949. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeds -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- 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: Manhattan Beach Veterans Hospital