2008.21.22

This black and white glossy photograph has a small border. The photo shows Walter Haneberg lieing in his hospital bed at Letterman Gnereal Hospital in San Francisco; the pullies for the traction on his leg are visible. Haneberg has his glasses on and he's smiling. Standing next to the bed are: Jim McCaffertey, Joe Springer and a man in elaborate costume, dressed as "Don Gaspar de Portola." "Portola" is laughing with Haneberg and is handing him a loving cup.

Waltern Haneberg was wounded in World War II and spend a few years at Letterman General Hospital, on the Presidio in San Francisco. There he met his wife-to-be, Margaret Russell, who was a Red Cross worker station at the Hospital. In the photograph, both Walter Haneberg and Jim McCaffertey are connected with Letterman General Hospital; we know Haneberg was a patient, but perhaps McCaffertey was as well.

Used: publicity | Letterman General Hospital ~ San Francisco | Red Cross