About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0642
  • TitleMore help for handicapped young
  • SummaryCaption: "More help for handicapped youth--New treatment center for children with physical disadvantages is opened by Visiting Nurse Association [of Brooklyn] at 228 York St., with actress Celeste Holm officiating. It will serve the Fort Greene area. At ceremonies are Mrs. Travis H. Whitney, president of Willoughby House, which houses the center; Miss Holm, cutting ribbon; Annemarie Rumpler of the Brooklyn Nurse group, holding in her arms two-year-old Denise Aviles of 234 Sands St., and Mrs. Jean A. Curran, Visiting Nurse's president, with four-year-old Ralph Aviles."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 6, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHolm, Celeste, 1917-2012 ; Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Children with disabilities -- 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.