About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0183
  • TitleCaledonian Hospital
  • SummaryCaption: "The stork at the Caledonian Hospital is 'cold wi' the kilt, an' kilt wi' the cold,' according to certificates awarded the first members of the Babies Alumni of the institution. The certificate shows Hoot Mon Stork wearing a tam, carrying a babe wearing plaid diapers. New members are Wee Laddie Jack Warren Schwartz and Wee Lassie Deborah Lynn Bushman. They were chaperoned for a picture by Mary Shaw, R.N. and Mrs. Agnes Stypeck, R.N."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 2, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle; Photographed by Publicity Photographers. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAwards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newborn infants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- 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: Caledonian Hospital: Staff: I