| Title: | Paving the way to aid vets |
| Description: | Caption: "Paving the way to aid vets--Col. W. F. Heavey, district engineer for the War Department, breaks ground for $9,000,000 fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital, while Joseph A. Rooney, chief of the military construction division, left, and Maxwell Gray, engineer in charge, look on. The 1,000-bed institution should be ready in two years." |
| Date: | 1947 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Date stamped on verso: Mar. 31, 1947; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Hospitals [4]
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| Subject: |
Engineers [5] Ground breaking ceremonies [6] Hospitals [7] Veterans' hospitals [8] |
| 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 0229 |