About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0183
  • TitleSacred scrolls installed
  • SummaryCaption: "Sacred scrolls installed--Two scrolls of the Law, recently donated, are placed in ark of the synagogue of Parshelsky Pavilion, Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, W. 19th St. and Coney Island boardwalk. Main buildings of the home are at Howard and Dumont Aves. The Pavilion, formerly the Half Moon Hotel, now houses 82 aged persons and is expected to accommodate 500. Shown carrying the scrolls into the ark are Philip Goldstein, 79, left and Rabbi Eli Polansky."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 4, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Torah scrolls -- 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: Social welfare: Homes: Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged: Celebrations: II