About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0266
  • TitleScouts do good turn
  • SummaryCaption: "Scouts do good turn--Cub Pack 370 of Boy Scouts, affiliated with Our Lady of Angels R. C. Church, 73d St. and 4th Ave., visits the Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital with Christmas gifts for the hospitalized vets. They earned the money themselves. Left to right are Greg Dixon, Army veteran Louis Franklin, Navy veteran Aaron Shuster and Charles Witherow. Trip was sponsored by the National Catholic Community Service." Image includes a decorated Christmas tree in the background.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Dec. 23, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoy Scouts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans' hospitals -- 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: Fort Hamilton Veterans: Staff & patients: II