About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0743
  • TitleIn the interest of children
  • SummaryCaption: "In the interest of children--Dr. Vincent de Paul Larkin, director of the Pediatrics Department of Wyckoff Heights Hospital, expresses thanks to Dr. Fred J. Fels, president of the Kiwanis Club of Ridgewood, for the croupette presented by the club to the hospital. The croupette is a device enabling children suffering from congestion due to laryngitis or croup to beathe more easily. Remainder of caption is undecipherable. Pictured, in addition to Dr. Larkin and Dr. Fels, are: Herman L. Papsdorg, president of the hospital, Malcolm J. LeRoux, immediate past president of Kiwanis, and Louis Schenkweiler, superintendent of the hospital."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Feb.16, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle; Harisch Studios. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHarisch Studios
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBreathing apparatus ; Hospitals -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Physicians -- 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: Wyckoff Heights: General