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  • TitleJewish Sanitarium and Hospital
  • Call NumberHOSP_0336
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Mayor Impellitteri has designated Sept. 23-30 as Chronic Diseases Week in honor of the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital [for Chronic Diseases], E 49th St. and Rutland Road. Isidor Leviton, chairman of this year's hospital campaign, accepted the proclamation from the mayor. At the ceremony was the veteran stage comic and philosopher, Harry Hershfield."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 10, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle, Jay Sharp Photos. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHershfield, Harry, 1885-1974 ; Impellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987 ; Comedians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) ; Proclamations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sanatoriums -- 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.