Becomes friend for life

Becomes friend for life
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Title: Becomes friend for life
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Caption: "Becomes friend for life--Mayor O'Dwyer accepts plaque signifying his life membership in the Friends of St. Charles Hospital from Neil Crilly, 6, while Eleanor Cacciatore, 4, and Mrs. O'Dwyer look on. The hospital is the Brooklyn Home for Blind, Crippled and Defective Children, 277 Hicks St., and is dedicated to the aid of handicapped children, regardless iof race, creed or color. The mayor has given his wholehearted support to the efforts of the Friends to raise funds for the replacement of equipment in the hospital." Image includes two other girls sitting on beds in the background.

Date: 1950
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Hospitals
Subject: O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964.
Hospitals
Mayors
Plaques
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 0588