| Title: | Operation ragweed |
| Description: | Caption: "Operation ragweed--Health Department worker Frank Pantana of 1409 80th St. earns the gratitude of Brooklyn hay fever sufferers as he sprays a lush growth of ragweed at Rockaway Parkway and Linden Boulevard at the start of the city's drive against the sneeze-producing weed." Image includes a portion of Beth-El Hospital in the right background. |
| Date: | 1948 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date stamped on verso: Jun[e] 17, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Hospitals [4]
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| Subject: |
Hospitals [5] Weeds [6] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| 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 0012 |