About This Item


  • TitleHoliday feast at vets hospital
  • Call NumberHOSP_0265
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Holiday feast at vets hospital--Traditional Chanukah celebration at Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital: A patient is shown receiving tray of fortification for the inner man from Eva Krow, hospital chairman, Ladies Auxiliary, Kings County Jewish War Veterans, with Ruth Silverstein, county president of the auxiliary, and Mildred Linde, J. W. V. co-ordinator, looking on."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Dec. 24, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle; Jay Sharp,Photographer. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHanukkah ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans' hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Volunteer hospital workers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.