About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0242
  • TitleFirst transfer
  • SummaryCaption: "First transfer--The first Halloran Hospital patient to be admitted to the Veterans Administration Hospital [i.e. Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital] in Brooklyn, Thomas Burnett of Mineola, is greeted by John Sheehan, registrar at the Fort Hamilton institution, and is made comfortable by nurses Elsie Gravdahl, left, and Mary O'Connor. The Brooklyn hospital is expected to receive 300 patients from Halloran."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Apr. 5, 1950; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- 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: I