[Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital]

[Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital]
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Title: [Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital]
Description:

Caption: "Christmas was made happier for more than 1,100 veterans at Fort Hamilton [Veterans] Hospital by the visit of John Farrell, chairman of the Kings County Catholic War Veterans Hospitalization Committee, his aides, and members of the Ladies Auxiliary. Each patient was presented with a canteen coupon book as the delegation wished them Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Among the veterans were Corp. Edmund Hogan, 8829 Fort Hamilton Parkway; Pfc Harold Brown, 2552 E. 7th St., and Pfc George Gollivan, 2554 Fort St."

Date: 1953
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Date stamped on verso: Dec, 24, 1953.
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
Title from caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
Collection: Hospitals
Subject: Gifts
Hospital patients
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 0258