About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0665
  • TitleVolunteer
  • SummaryCaption: "Volunteer Alicia Barr feeds ntwo-year-oldLaura Federal at St. John's Episcopal Hospital while Charles Wilcox and Mrs. Ada McQuillen, director of volunteers, look on. By feeding patients and performing other tasks, these volunteers release nurses for more urgent duties."
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Jan.24, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle; photo by C. E. McNamara. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Infants -- Care -- New York (State) -- New York ; Volunteer hospital workers -- 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: St. John's Episcopal: General