Title: | Victory babies |
Description: | Caption: "Victory babies--These youngsters won a contest for 'bests' at Adelphi Hospital [located at 50 Greene Avenue]. They are, left to right, Jimmy Kirkpatrick, six months, healthiest boy; Diana Valek, 13 months, prettiest girl; Valerie Matteis, 13 months, healthiest girl, and Francesco Materrese, nine months, handsomest boy. The winners received paid-up war stamp books, which may be exchanged for bonds. The contest was held to stimulate interest among parents to purchase war stamps and bonds for their babies." |
Date: | 1942 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
Date stamped on verso: Jul[y] 10, 1942. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Hospitals [3]
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Subject: |
Adelphi Hospital. [4] Contests [5] Infants [6] |
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 0004 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/5a159ccdaa18342c99c351311bb23ab8&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/a/Adelphi Hospital.
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Contests
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/i/Infants