About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0668
  • TitlePlaster patient
  • SummaryCaption: "Plaster patient--'Mrs. Mary Chase,' dummy used as demonstration patient at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, is center of interest as student nurses Alice Lechman, left, and Arlene Suchiere explain pulse count to students from Abraham Lincoln High School. Students were guests at 'open house' program held by hospital to demonstrate medical job opportunities and recruit volunteer aides. Left to right are Howard Friedman, 2819 Brighton 8th St.; Leonard Katz, 225 Beaumont St.; the two nurses, Lois Jackson, 3033 Brighton 3d St.; Diane Gulish, 172 Langhan St., and Marilyn Kramer, 3057 Brighton 14th St."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Oct. 23, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHigh school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing students -- 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. John's Episcopal: School of Nursing