About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0387
  • TitleRefuge for borough sick
  • SummaryCaption: "Refuge for borough sick--This new $1,000,000 dispensary building of the Kings County Hospital at Clarkson and New York Aves. was dedicated yesterday afternoon by Mayor LaGuardia and medical officials. The building will enable the professional staff to treat patients under ideal conditions and with the most complete and modern equipment." Image includes two parked cars in foreground.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Oct. 31, 1941. Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dispensaries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East Flatbush (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: Kings County: Buildings: Before 1950