About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0747
  • TitlePractical nurses
  • SummaryCaption: "Practical nurses--M. Ruth Jones, R.N., director of nurses at Wyckoff Heights Hospital, adjusts newly awarded cap on Wilma Nelson of Cortland, N. Y., who completed three-month course in practical nursing at the hospital. Other graduates are, left to right, Mrs. Mathilda Batyr, Mrs. Caroline Brandt, Louise Krause, Mrs. Margaret Lang, Pauline Lubotshy, and Mrs. Josephine Melito."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Dec. 26, 1948. Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCommencement ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Practical nurses -- 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: Wyckoff Heights: School of Practical Nursing