About This Item

  • TitleJewish Sanitarium and Hospital
  • Call NumberHOSP_0355
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "In ceremonies marking the opening of the indoor canister campaign of the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital [for Chronic Diseases], nine-year-old Johnny Gallon [sitting in wheelchair] presented the first canister to Rubin Eckstein, vice president of the Commercial State Bank and Trust Company on Pitkin Ave. Isaac Albert hospital president, attended the ceremony."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 16, 1953; Jay Sharp Photos. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sanatoriums -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wheelchairs -- 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.