About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0273
  • TitleHoly Family Hospital ambulance
  • SummaryCaption: "This sleek new ambulance was presented to Holy Family Hospital by a modest donor who refused to permit publication of his name. Standing alongside the welcome gift are, left to right, Sister Stella Margaret, superintendent of the institution; District Tax Supervisor and Appraiser David F. Soden, active in Catholic philanthropies, and Sister Mary Nollita."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: May 2/39; on caption: "Eagle staff photo.". Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmbulances -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBoerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Hospital of the Holy Family: Ambulances