About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0556
  • TitleProspect Heights Hospital
  • SummaryCaption: "A group of student nurses are now starting the second stage of their training for the worthy career of caring for the wants of others, following capping exercises at the Prospect Heights Hospital, 775 Washington Ave. The exercises were held in the auditorium and Ruth Skinner, director of the Prospect Heights School of Nursing, presented the young nurses with the coveted emblems of their profession. Among the boro girls in the class were Loretta Darrell and Mildred Forman."
  • Date1950
  • 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: Apr. 10, 1950; Photo by Herbert Newlin. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorNewlin, Herbert
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospitals -- 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: Prospect Heights Hospital