About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0324
  • TitleBest People on Earth
  • SummaryCaption: "No wonder they call the Elks 'Best People on Earth.' Brooklyn lodge put on a variety show in Fort Hamilton Hospital with a starr studded program of TV talent. They visited the bedside of vets who were unable to go to the auditoprium. In the group were: Deputy State Boxing Commissioner Jack Duberstein, Aaron Taub, and Gene Jones. One of the vets visited was Herman Bornroeft, a Navy vet of World War I."
  • Date1954
  • 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: May 6, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFort Hamilton Hospital (New York, N.Y.) ; Clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceFort 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: Clubs: Social: Elks: IV