About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0179
  • TitleHospital given financial aid
  • SummaryCaption: "Hospital given financial aid--The Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged was presented with a check for $75,000 at the annual dinner of the institution. ... Helping arrange the event were Samuel Sennet, executive board chairman, Irving Roaman, head of the governing board, Edward Silberman, co-chairman of the dinner, Mrs. [Phillip] Brenner, [president of the home], and Samuel Spector, [chairman of the dinner]."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 21, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- 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: Social welfare: Homes: Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged: Celebrations: II