About This Item

  • TitleAid for the chronically ill
  • Call NumberHOSP_0329
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Aid for the chronically ill--Isidor Leviton, industrialist and philanthropist who head the annual compaign of the borough's Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic diseases, presents Robert Alda, musical comedy star, with a scroll designating him as chairman of Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic Diseases Month. Looking on are Mrs. Max Blumberg, chairman of the hospital's women's board, and George Blumberg."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 13. 1953; Brooklyn Eagle; Jay Sharp Photos. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlda, Robert ; Actors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sanatoriums -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.