The Floating Hospital Floating Hospital (Long Island City, New York, N.Y.) Donor August 4, 1938 1938-08-04 1938-08-04 A large layered cake made by Scrafft's and weighing 153 pounds, decorated with the visible words "Winner," "Servel-Electrolux," and "Consolidated Edison," is served to 1400 eagerly waiting Floating Hospital children and their mothers by Vice President of Sales at Consolidated Edison Company (Con-Ed), E. F. Jeffe. A small girl in the bottom-left-corner of the photograph holds an enormous piece of the cake to her mouth, while other children are waiting in line behind her. The caption pasted to the bottom of the photograph elaborates on the occasion and notes that 1400 more children and mothers had the same experience a few days later on August 6, 1938. The boat is headed toward Sandy Hook in Queens. A large layered cake made by Scrafft's and weighing 153 pounds, decorated with the visible words "Winner," "Servel-Electrolux," and "Consolidated Edison," is served to 1400 eagerly waiting Floating Hospital children and their mothers by Vice President of Sales at Consolidated Edison Company (Con-Ed), E. F. Jeffe. A small girl in the bottom-left-corner of the photograph holds an enormous piece of the cake to her mouth, while other children are waiting in line behind her. The caption pasted to the bottom of the photograph elaborates on the occasion and notes that 1400 more children and mothers had the same experience a few days later on August 6, 1938. The boat is headed toward Sandy Hook in Queens. New York, NY New York, NY 40.706619,-73.9965167 ConEd serves cake to TFH children_1930s.tif original file name Floating Hospital Image Collection Floating Hospital Image Collection digital image Floating Hospital (Long Island City, New York, N.Y.) Nonprofit organizations St. John's Guild (New York, N.Y.) Servel, Inc. Cake Children Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc. Public health New York (N.Y.) Scanned digitizing Happy Floating Hospital Children Enjoy Cake Provided by ConEd Happy Floating Hospital Children Enjoy Cake Provided by ConEd Black and white photograph black-and-white photographs Photographs digital images Black and white photograph black-and-white photographs 8 x 10 inches; 600 dpi 10 8 600 This image is the property of The Floating Hospital. Please contact The Floating Hospital at sgranahan@thefloatinghospital.org for research and reproduction requests. This material may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). We welcome you to make fair use of the content accessible on this website as defined by copyright law. Please note that you are responsible for determining whether your use is fair and for responding to any claims that may arise from your use. This image is the property of The Floating Hospital. Please contact The Floating Hospital at sgranahan@thefloatinghospital.org for research and reproduction requests.; This material may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). We welcome you to make fair use of the content accessible on this website as defined by copyright law. Please note that you are responsible for determining whether your use is fair and for responding to any claims that may arise from your use.