About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0558
  • TitleWell-dressed nurse of 1951
  • SummaryCaption; 'What the well-drssed nurse of 1951 will wear, as compared to what she wore in 1873 when Prospect Heights Hospital was fouonded, was shown at capping exercises there when Ruth Skinner, director of the School of Nursing, presented a cap to Katherine Zdeb and others. Dolores Celecia wore one of the original uniforms. ..."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Mar. 5, 1951; Photo by Herbert Newlin. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorNewlin, Herbert
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rites and ceremonies -- 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: Prospect Heights Hospital