Victory babies
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| 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.) |
| More Details: |
Date stamped on verso: Jul[y] 10, 1942. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Hospitals
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| Subject: |
Adelphi Hospital. Contests Infants |
| 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 |
