About This Item

  • TitleOld folks honor F. D. R
  • Call NumberSWEL_0188
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Old folks honor F. D. R.--Louis Pikes, left, Mrs. Sadie Kaplan, center, and Sam Nudelman are shown before boarding one of three buses at W. 29th St. and the boardwalk which took 100 elderly persons to Hyde Park where they placed wreath on grave of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Contingent from the Coney Island Day Center of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged hnonored F. D. R. for his sponsorship of Social Security legislation for the aged." Image includes two unidentified women on bus in background.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wreaths -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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.