Signed and sealed

Signed and sealed
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Title: Signed and sealed
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Caption: "Signed and sealed--Construction of the new $1,500,000 building of the Haym Salomon Home and Hospital for the Aged, Cropsey Ave. and Bay 34th St., will start April 8 following the signing of the contracts by (seated, from left to right), Hyman Edelman, chairman of the new building committee, Louis Blumenstock, president, and Benjamin Wachs, treasurer. Standing are Mrs. Brocha Skolnick, 87, and Chaim Weinstein, 89, residents of the home."

Date: 1954
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Reiss, Sam, photographer.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: caption stamped: Mar. 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Social Welfare
Subject: Haym Salomon Home for the Aged (New York, N.Y.)
Old age homes
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: SWEL 0464