About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0360
  • TitleOccupational therapy
  • SummaryCaption: "Occupational therapy--At the hospital [Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic Diseases] for two years, Howard Grossman, 6, and Morris Dess, 68, busy themselves in the occupational therapy department as part of the rehabilitation program. The youngster, suffering from cerebral palsy, is examining the wheel of a toy steam roller. Dess, an arthritis victim, has taken up scupturing in an effort to get more use out of his afflicted fingers."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Sep[t] 18, 1949. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapy for children -- New York (State) ; Sanatoriums -- 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: I