About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0605
  • TitleCops, kids and Christmas
  • SummaryCaption: "Cops, kids and Christmas--Patrolman Martin Rafferty, youth officer of 84th Precinct, and Harry Schaffer, member of 84th Precinct Co-ordinating Council, play Santa Claus to group of 'polio kids' from St. Charles Hospital. More than 1,200 children were guests at the council's annual Christmas party and show today in the St. George Playhouse."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: 12/31/52. Stamped on verso: Brooklyn Eagle; Kruh. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gifts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- 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: St. Charles Hospital: 1951-1954