About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0300
  • TitleIsrael Zion Hospital
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOSP 0297), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical images in different sizes. Caption (0300): "The ground-breaking for the new unit of Israel Zion Hospital. Harry Godoff, chairman of the building committee of the hospital; Norman Dube, 1st vice president of the institution, and Boris Fingerhood, suprintendent, are assisted in the digging by a thousand or more children, all of whom were born in the present Israel Zion buildings. The new unit will add 250 beds to the plant, bringing the grand total up to 700 beds and making the hospital the second largest Jewish hospital in the country, being outranked only by Mt. Sinai in Manhattan. There is another, unidentified man participating in the ceremony.
  • Date[193-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints: black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate from verso of 0297. Title from caption on verso of 0300.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectGround breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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: Israel Zion: General