About This Item

  • TitleJewish Sanitarium and Hospital
  • Call NumberHOSP_0374
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "It was a great day for the kids in the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital [for Chronic Diseases] when Cal Abrams of the Dodgers made a surprise appearance at a birthday party for them. The event was sponsored by the Mildred Forman Foundation for Cardiac Children. Dr. Walter R. Slade of the hospital was present and all of the youngsters received autographed baseballs and other equipment." Image includes an unidentified African American man standing in the left foreground.
  • Date1951
  • 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: Jun[e] 21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle; Jay Sharp Photos. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseballs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Birthday cakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- 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.