Title: | [Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital] |
Description: | Caption: "Christmas was made happier for more than 1,100 veterans at Fort Hamilton [Veterans] Hospital by the visit of John Farrell, chairman of the Kings County Catholic War Veterans Hospitalization Committee, his aides, and members of the Ladies Auxiliary. Each patient was presented with a canteen coupon book as the delegation wished them Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Among the veterans were Corp. Edmund Hogan, 8829 Fort Hamilton Parkway; Pfc Harold Brown, 2552 E. 7th St., and Pfc George Gollivan, 2554 Fort St." |
Date: | 1953 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
Date stamped on verso: Dec, 24, 1953. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger. |
Collection: | Hospitals [3]
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Subject: |
Gifts [4] Hospital patients [5] Veterans [6] Veterans' hospitals [7] |
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 0258 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/3a5e28d9accfeea485e9e546f1a16d61&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Hospitals
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/g/Gifts
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/h/Hospital patients
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/v/Veterans
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/v/Veterans' hospitals