Break ground for new medical school

Break ground for new medical school
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Title: Break ground for new medical school
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Caption: "Break ground for new medical school--Lt. Gov. Frank Moore, right, turns first shovel of earth for the new State University College of Medicine on Clarkson Ave. [now named State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.] The first unit to be constructed will be a Basic Sciences Building at an estimated cost of $14,500,000. Borough President Cashmore stands next to Mr. Moore, with Mayor Impellitteri on his right, then Oliver C. Carmichael, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University and Rabbi Sidney S. Tedeschi of Union Temple."

Date: 1953
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks.
On verso: date stamped: Apr. 10, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Impellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987.
State University of New York. Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
Ground breaking ceremonies
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: SCHL 0329