About This Item

  • TitleRecruit
  • Call NumberHOSP_0348
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Recruit--Bert Lahr, chairman of the entertainment commitee for the $2,500,000 fund-raising campaign of the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic Diseases, E. 49th St. and Rutland Road, enlists Vera Lee, showgirl in the hit 'Two on the Aisle,' in which he stars, as a volunteer worker for the drive campaign will be launched during Chronic Diseases Week, officially proclaimed by the mayor for Sept. 23 to 30."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Sep[t] 23, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle; Jay Sharp Photos. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLahr, Bert, 1895-1967 ; Actors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Entertainers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- 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.