About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0613
  • TitleGiraffe
  • SummaryCaption: "Giraffe carved by an 11-year-old polio patient, Frank Crisa of 1412 E 2d St. is being placed on display by Miss Margaret Huger of the Greenpoint District office of the Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn. On the table is a Chinese figurine done by another infantile paralysis patient, 17-year-old Robert Daley 9703 40th St. ..." Image includes toy automobile, toy barn, and large platter, all in foreground.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 11, 1953; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVisiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn ; Toys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Visiting nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toys
  • 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