About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0229
  • TitlePaving the way to aid vets
  • SummaryCaption: "Paving the way to aid vets--Col. W. F. Heavey, district engineer for the War Department, breaks ground for $9,000,000 fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital, while Joseph A. Rooney, chief of the military construction division, left, and Maxwell Gray, engineer in charge, look on. The 1,000-bed institution should be ready in two years."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Mar. 31, 1947; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEngineers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans' hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Construction