About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0329
  • TitleBreak ground for new medical school
  • SummaryCaption: "Break ground for new medical school--Lt. Gov. Frank Moore, right, turns first shovel of earth for the new State University College of Medicine on Clarkson Ave. [now named State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.] The first unit to be constructed will be a Basic Sciences Building at an estimated cost of $14,500,000. Borough President Cashmore stands next to Mr. Moore, with Mayor Impellitteri on his right, then Oliver C. Carmichael, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University and Rabbi Sidney S. Tedeschi of Union Temple."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 10, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectImpellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987 ; State University of New York. Health Science Center at Brooklyn ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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: Schools: Adult: State University College of Medicine: General