About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0040
  • TitleBrooklyn Hospital
  • SummaryInscription: "1845, The Brooklyn Hospital--Oldest in the borough, it has rendered care to hundreds of thousands of patients. Now it is part of a big complex dedicated to the prevention and treatment of disease in four unite: the Brooklyn Hospital, Cumberland Hospital, Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital, and St.Christopher's Hospital for Babies." Image shows a close-up view of the hospital entrance. The image is not dated.
  • Date[196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteStamped on verso: "Photograph by Jesse S. Wolff." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorWolff, Jesse S.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hospital ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Brooklyn Hospital: Buildings