About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0532
  • TitleInfants Home of Brooklyn
  • SummaryCaption: "Members of the medical staff of the Infants Home of Brooklyn were honored at a dinner given by Morris Becker, head of the hospital. Honored were Dr. Pizar [Jacobs], chief of the dental staff; Dr. Max Palinsky, chief of the medical staff, and Dr. Rosa Prigosen, president of the medical board. Mrs. Morris Becker, president of the Flatbush League of the home, also attended."
  • 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: Jul[y] 20, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorStudio One (Firm)
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInfants Home of Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- 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: Orphanages: Infants Home of Brooklyn: Staff