About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0610
  • TitleChristmas comes early
  • SummaryCaption: "Christmas comes early--Lou De Pace [dressed as Santa Claus and holding a pile of gifts], chairman of the Christmas Fund of the M. F. C. Memorial Association, a Coney Island group, brings Christmas gaity to crippled children of St. Charles Hospital, 277 Hicks St. The volunteers are, left to right, Patricia Di Guissppi, 4, Richard Broadhaed, 4; Cathleen Harnett, 4; Billy Collins, 3; Regina Farrell, 3, and Lenora Belina, 3. Looking on are Raymond Pecora, association president, and Sister Mary."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Dec. 13, 1953; Kruh. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Santa Claus -- 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. Charles Hospital: 1951-1954