About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0012
  • TitleOperation ragweed
  • SummaryCaption: "Operation ragweed--Health Department worker Frank Pantana of 1409 80th St. earns the gratitude of Brooklyn hay fever sufferers as he sprays a lush growth of ragweed at Rockaway Parkway and Linden Boulevard at the start of the city's drive against the sneeze-producing weed." Image includes a portion of Beth-El Hospital in the right background.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date stamped on verso: Jun[e] 17, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Weeds -- Control -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Beth-El: 1933-1949