About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0594
  • TitleFor crippled children
  • SummaryCaption: "For crippled children--Fireman Mike Blackie, busy in his 'workshop' at the Fire Department's Union St. garage, applies the finishing touches to one of the 'junior' sized steel hammocks which he constructs from discarded bed and crib springs of angle iron for the outdoor use of youngsters at St. Charles Hospital for Crippled Children in Port Jefferson. In the background are adult hammocks built from the same materials."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 15, 1947; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hammocks -- 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: 1947-1950