| Title: | For crippled children |
| Description: | Caption: "For crippled children--Fireman Mike Blackie, busy in his 'workshop' at the Fire Department's Union St. garage, applies the finishing touches to one of the 'junior' sized steel hammocks which he constructs from discarded bed and crib springs of angle iron for the outdoor use of youngsters at St. Charles Hospital for Crippled Children in Port Jefferson. In the background are adult hammocks built from the same materials." |
| Date: | 1947 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 15, 1947; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Hospitals [3]
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| Subject: |
Fire fighters [4] Hammocks [5] |
| 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 0594 |