Essential repairs to Long Island Hospital as of June 20, 1940. VI - New laundry

Title:: Essential repairs to Long Island Hospital as of June 20, 1940. VI - New laundry
Date:: [ca. 1940]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Gelatin silver prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Boston Pictorial Archive
Series:: General Views of Boston > Harbor Views
Subjects:: Harbors
Islands
Laundries (Rooms & spaces)
Irons (Pressing)
Long Island Hospital (Boston, Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Long Island (island)
Long Island Hospital
Extent:: 2 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; images 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in., on sheet 8 1/2 x 11 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/q811kr638
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Notes:: Title and date from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library.
Third of four pages with photographs related to new laundry facilities at Long Island Hospital, mounted on sheet.
Image caption: [top image] "The various sub departments are remote from each other." Above the ironing room covered over for a weekend. This ironing room lies in the basement of a two and a half story wooden dormitory for elderly females. [Bottom image] Note the dangling wires, the dangerous method of counterbalancing ironing boards with brick. Wooden walls.
Identifier:: 08_02_001280b

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