About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0658
  • TitleTwo pairs take bow
  • SummaryCaption: "Two pairs take a bow--Two sets of twins, both boys, born the same day at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, are permitted out of their incubators for the first time. Nurse Helen Muller, left, holds Glenn and Michael, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jacobson of 486 Madison St., and Nurse Betty Horsford holds Richard Lee and Robert Lee, sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Allen of 1418 Atlantic Ave. Hospital officials say it is the first time in 20 years that two sets of twins have been born there on the same day."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Nov. 8, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newborn infants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Twins -- 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