| Title: | St. Charles Home for Crippled Children |
| Description: | Caption: "Every year Santa Claus heads a parade of Brooklynites who get off a train at Port Jefferson and march up Myrtle Ave. to the St. Charles Home for Crippled Children. From their time of arrival until they regretfully leave for home there are happy laughter and smiling faces, and youngsters go to sleep hugging a brand new doll and other gifts. It is the annual Christmas visit of Brooklyn's Cheese Club, composed of Knights of Columbus members and the date is Dec. 17. Arranging the event are 'Big Cheese' J. Courtney McGroarty, James F. Gleason, Edward F. Kelleher, and Joseph L. Walsh." Images includes two large dolls and two boxed games on table in foreground. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Date stamped on verso: Dec. 13, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Hospitals [3]
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| Subject: |
Knights of Columbus. [4] Children with disabilities [5] Dolls [6] Games [7] Gifts [8] |
| 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 0592 |