About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0065
  • TitleSanta's helper
  • SummaryCaption: "Santa's helper--Edith Turner, left, 19-year-old student nurse, puts the finishing touches on Santa Claus' boot at the Brooklyn Hospital while Maria Strano, another student nurse, holds Diane Shirley Levy, 4-year-old patient. The billowy Santa Claus with his dashing pose is the result of free-hand art work done by students on the glass cubicles in the Pediatric Ward."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped and retouched. Date stamped on verso: Dec. 21, 1951. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hospital ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Santa Claus -- 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: Brooklyn Hospital: Staff & patients