About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0580
  • TitleSt. Charles Hospital
  • SummaryCaption: "More than 100 crippled children from the St. Charles Hospital, 277 Hicks St. and Port Jefferson, [all sitting in wheelchairs] forgot their handicaps on a day-long outing given them by the Rudder Club of Brooklyn. ... Among the most active in seeing that the youngsters had a good time were Commodore Joseph A. Boylan, Edward F. Cavanaugh, Jr., William J. Rudolph, Marine and Aviation Commissioner G. Joseph Minetti, and John E. Johnson."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Jul[y] 10, 1948. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wheelchairs -- 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: Hospitals: St. Charles: 1947-1950