About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0418
  • TitleAged couple reunited in new home
  • SummaryCaption: "Aged couple reunited in new home--Council President Abe Stark, left, and Max Abrams, right, dedication chairman, escort Morris Eichenholtz, 93, and wife, Rachel, 90, first couple to enter new $1,500,000 Menorah Home and Hospital for Aged at 871 Bushwich Ave. The Eichenholtzes, celebrating their 64th wedding anniversary, had been in separate homes for the past five years."
  • Date1954
  • 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: May 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMenorah Home and Hospital for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Older people -- New York (State) -- New York ; Old age homes -- 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: Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged