About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0230
  • TitleProgress on vets' hospital
  • SummaryCaption: "Progress on vets' hospital--Rapid strides have been made in the construction of the 1,000-bed Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital shown here. ... Construction is expected to be finished in the fall."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Feb. 28, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo by Lambert." Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans' hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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': Construction