About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0591
  • TitleVeterans bring gifts to hospital
  • SummaryCaption: "Veterans bring gifts to hospital--Children in St. Charles Hospital for Crippled Children at 277 Hicks St. ... enjoying the Hubbard Tank and portable Whirlpool presented as a Christman gift to the hospital by the Kings County Catholic War Veterans so that polio and other physical conditions may benefit. Gabriel J. Dalton, Kings County Commander of the organization and Sister Mary Henry look on. The children enjoying the new facilities are, left to right, Gael Dunn, 6, of The Bronx, and Margaret Gremse, 5, of Brooklyn in the tank, and George Carlyle, 5, of Manhattan in the whirlpool. ..."
  • Date1950
  • 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: Dec. 10, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Whirlpools
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Hospitals: St. Charles: 1947-1950