The Foundling: The Story of the New York Foundling Hospital

The Foundling: The Story of the New York Foundling Hospital
ISBN-10
1930051964
ISBN-13
9781930051966
Series
The Foundling
Category
Hospitals
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Lantern Books
Author
Martin Gottlieb

Description

Through compelling black-and-white photography and informative, engaging text, this book chronicles the work of one of the nation's most remarkable social service institutions, the New York Foundling Hospital. As this book eloquently demonstrates, the Foundling is an institution that from its very inception was committed to helping society's most vulnerable members: children.

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