About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0462
  • TitleWorking for building fund
  • SummaryCaption: "Working for building fund--May Nelson, head nurse in the nursery; Selma Leder, Trini Garcia, and Betty O'Dwyer, student nurses (seated); Jane McCue, head nurse of a major medical ward; Mrs. Shirley Harmond, head nurse on Women's Surgery, chairman, and Peggy Abraham, assistant head nurse of male surgery, discuss plans for the benefit card party being sponsored by the nurses of Long Island College Hospital on Feb. 23, at the hospital." Image includes table with glasses, plates, flatware, etc., in foreground.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Feb. 13, 1949. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLong Island College Hospital ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing students -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Hospitals: Long Island College: School of Nursing