About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0477
  • TitleOperation wheelbarrow
  • SummaryCaption: "Operation wheelbarrow--Nurses of Long Island College Hospital operating room encounter a wheelbarrow as they inspect site of the new air-conditioned operating rooms which will be one of the major facilities in John Osborn Polak Memorial Building new being constructed on Pacific St. Left to right are Alice Dwyer, Sallie Debrowalski, assistant supervisor, Harriet Schwartz, and Alice Metzger, supervisor. All are members of committee for nurses' benefit card party, to be held tonight in the nurses' dining room, proceeds of which will help complete the hospital's $1,000.000 expansion program."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Feb. 23, 1949. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLong Island College Hospital ; Hospitals -- 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: Long Island College: Staff: I