About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0533
  • TitleCheckers for convalescence
  • SummaryCaption: "Checkers for convalescence--Mrs. Selma Modell, Red Cross Gray Lady, helps Chief Pharmacist's Mate Joseph J. Kelsey pass the time of convalescence at Brooklyn Naval Hospital.
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Nov.11, 1945; photograph by Bernard Ravitz. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorRavitz, Bernard
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCheckers ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Military hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Volunteer hospital workers -- 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: Brooklyn Naval Hospital