About This Item

  • TitleHappy day for them
  • Call NumberHOSP_0368
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Happy day for them--Alexander Bernstein and Ruth Segal, handicapped students who are patients at the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic Diseases, E. 49th St. and Rutland Road, receive diplomas from their teachers, Howard Lester and Mrs. Elizabeth McLaughlin, on completion of a four-year high school course. Alexander also received a medal for special achievement from Tilden High School. Ruth, who has shown proficiency in English, has had her compositions read over the 'High School of the Air'."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genrediplomasgelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Feb. 10, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle; Jay Sharp Photos. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHigh school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- 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.