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[Dr. Brooks, Croton, N.Y.: seated at desk in his office smoking pipe] – Antique Wall Art

[Dr. Brooks, Croton, N.Y.: seated at desk in his office smoking pipe], 1944 — historic photograph
[Dr. Brooks, Croton, N.Y.: seated at desk in his office smoking pipe], 1944. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Dr. Brooks, Croton, N.Y.: seated at desk in his office smoking pipe], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Dr. Brooks, Croton, N.Y.: seated at desk in his office smoking pipe]

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Set in Croton, New York, a village on the Hudson's east bank, this photograph shows a doctor seated at his desk with a pipe, a scene that suggests the routine of a small-town professional office. The picture dates to 1944, midway through World War II, when many village physicians were stretched thin by wartime staff shortages and rationing. The record names the sitter only as Dr. Brooks, based on a caption card whose details have not been independently verified, so the image is best read as a document of an office and its setting rather than a confirmed biography. Its quiet, everyday character makes it a useful glimpse of professional life in the period.

Created / published1944
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo. 15323-FF. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,438 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159967

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