About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0614
  • TitleVisiting nurse week
  • SummaryCaption: "Visiting nurse week--At Borough Hall, Commissioner of Borough Works John J. Lynch presents to Mrs. Edwin P. Maynard of 2 Montague Terrace, an officer of the board of directors of the Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn, a proclamation in which Borough President of Brooklyn, a proclamation in which Borough President Cashmore proclaims this week Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn Week. Founded in 1888, the Visiting Nurse Association has given care to the sick at home in Brooklyn for 65 years."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Sep[t] 20, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVisiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn ; Proclamations ; Visiting 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: Nursing: Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn: II