About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0432
  • TitleTo save three lives
  • SummaryCaption: "To save three lives--Some of the eight firemen who yesterday donated four quarts of blood to Kings County Hospital for Dolores Johnson, 4, and her sister, Eleanor, 2, in the institution with critical burns after fire destroyed their home in South Brooklyn Tuesday. Blood also will help another sister, Lillian, 9 months old, in critical condition in Methodist Hospital. Seated is Maurice Burns of Engine 249 with Nurse Vera Hanscom. Standing, left to right, are Jacob Luck and James Deans, both of Engine 271, Frederick G. Bloom, Engine 257, and Dr. George Anderson ..."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Oct. 28, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectKings County Hospital (Kings County, N.Y.) ; Blood donors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Physicians -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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: Kings County: General