About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0002
  • TitleNurses form disaster squad
  • SummaryCaption: "Nurses form disaster squad--Organized to protect patients in Brooklyn's newest medical center, Adelphi Hospital, at Greene Ave. and Adelphi St., these nurses deminstrate how they would go about their duty during an air raid, wearing gas masks. Left to right, Margaret Husson, Anne Palmer, and Josephine Scacciaferro."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date stamped on verso: Jan. 23, 1942; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAdelphi Hospital (New York, N.Y.) ; Gas masks -- 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: Adelphi