About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0648
  • TitleSanta talks
  • SummaryCaption: "Santa talks--As interested as are the little inmates is Mrs. J. Hunter Lock, president of the Tiny TimSociety, when Santa Claus drops in on a Christmas party given them by the auxiliary of St. Giles the Cripple Hospital, 1346 President St., distributed toys and explains how he drove his reindeers through Brooklyn traffic to visit them." The four little girls are all holding dolls.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Dec.16, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dolls -- 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. Giles the Cripple: Patients (Children)