Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital

Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital
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Title: Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital
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Caption: "Understanding the needs of hospitalized war buddies, the Kings County Chapter of the Catholic War Veterans, presented a new television set to the Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital for use in the tubercular ward. Bernard L. Kushel, the hospital's recreation director, accepted the gift from representatives of the C. W. V., including Joseph C. Anderson, County Commander, and John O. Farrell, chairman of the C. W. F. hospital visiting committee. Walter M. Andre, the hospital's recreation technician, felt that the TV would provide many hours of enjoyment for the patients."

Date: 1951
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
Stamped on verso: date: Jul[y] 5, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Hospitals
Subject: Televisions
Veterans
Veterans' hospitals
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 0248