About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0459
  • TitleLearning new skills
  • SummaryCaption: "Learning new skills--That's an important part of the rehabilitation work being done among wounded veterans of World War II. In this picture, Ensign Thomas H. Leit of Morley, Mo., is being coached in glass painting by Mrs. Charles B. Podmoniczky. Similar work in various branches will be shown in the Red Cross Arts and Skills Exhibit which opens in The Eagle building Monday."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 28, 1945; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorRavitz, Bernard [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOccupational therapy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Glass painting and staining -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Eagle: Exhibitions