About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0588
  • TitleBecomes friend for life
  • SummaryCaption: "Becomes friend for life--Mayor O'Dwyer accepts plaque signifying his life membership in the Friends of St. Charles Hospital from Neil Crilly, 6, while Eleanor Cacciatore, 4, and Mrs. O'Dwyer look on. The hospital is the Brooklyn Home for Blind, Crippled and Defective Children, 277 Hicks St., and is dedicated to the aid of handicapped children, regardless iof race, creed or color. The mayor has given his wholehearted support to the efforts of the Friends to raise funds for the replacement of equipment in the hospital." Image includes two other girls sitting on beds in the background.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plaques -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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