About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0247
  • TitleMusical gift
  • SummaryCaption: "Musical gift--At presentation ceremonies in the Fort Hamilton V. A. Hospital [i.e. Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital], where a piano was donated by the Kings County Council, Jewish War Veterans, to aid in the rehabilitation of hospitalized veterans, Hugo Salmon, second from left, commander of Bay Ridge Post, J. W. V., shakes hands with Walter Andrea, representing the hospital. Looking on, seated is Louis Schwartz, a disabled veteran, and standing, left to right, Ethel Kaplan, Ben Goldman, deputy hospitalization officer of the council, and Joseph Rothenberg, rehabilitation officer."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Jun[e] 10, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans' hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (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: Fort Hamilton Veterans: Staff & patients: I