About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0727
  • TitleFuture handmaids of science
  • SummaryCaption: "Future handmaids of science--Learning the nursing profession in the laboratory at the Brooklyn High School for Homemaking [located at President Street and Classon Avenue] are these girls shown with their teacher. Left to right, standing, are Ann Balaban, Dorothy Leniban, Lucy Telesco, R.N., instructor; Kathleen Scanlon, Ann Spina and Mary Mellone. Seated at the microscope is Marie DeVito."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 12, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn High School for Homemaking (New York, N.Y.) ; Microscopes -- 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: Schools: Public: High schools: Brooklyn H. S. for Homemaking: Nursing