Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital

Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital
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Title: Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital
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Caption: "It was a great day for the kids in the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital [for Chronic Diseases] when Cal Abrams of the Dodgers made a surprise appearance at a birthday party for them. The event was sponsored by the Mildred Forman Foundation for Cardiac Children. Dr. Walter R. Slade of the hospital was present and all of the youngsters received autographed baseballs and other equipment." Image includes an unidentified African American man standing in the left foreground.

Date: 1951
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Sharp, Jay.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle; Jay Sharp Photos.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Hospitals
Subject: Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Baseball players
Baseballs
Birthday cakes
Hospital patients
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: HOSP 0374