About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0366
  • TitleWeaving a rug
  • SummaryCaption: "Weaving a rug through operation of a loom enables Mrs. Leah Burevitch, 36, to keep her hands in motion and exercise her legs on foot petal as Mrs. Kaufman guides her work. Occupational therapists must themselves master a complete variety of arts and crafts in order to extend a full measure of aid to the handicapped."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jan. 6, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapists -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sanatoriums -- New York (State) -- New York ; Weaving -- 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: Jewish Sanitarium & Hospital for Chronic Diseases: Rehabilitation: II