About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0604
  • TitleYuletide ball
  • SummaryCaption: "Yuletide ball--Eugene Caso of 3403 Avenue T, a nine-year-old patient at St. Charles Hospital, is wide-eyed as he holds a baseball for the autograph of Gil Hodges, Dodger first baseman, at Christmas party sponsored by the St. Nicholas Young Men's Club.Jerry Weiner, 13, another of the hundreds of youngsters to receive gifts, awaits his turn. Looking on are Charles Bursa, president of the club, and Santa Claus, in the person of Victor Nader, secretary."
  • Date1952
  • 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:Dec.24, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Santa Claus -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: St. Charles Hospital: 1951-1954