About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0603
  • TitleGoing by-by
  • SummaryCaption: "Going by-by--A patient of St. Charles Hospital, 277 Hicks St., five-year-old Kathleen O'Connell says "goodby" to a nun as she and 99 other youngsters leave for a day's outing at Varuna Boat Club at Sheepshead Bay. The event was sponsored by Lt. John J. Boyle, in charge of the waterfront squad, and Brooklyn steamship companies."
  • Date1952
  • 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: Jul[y] 31, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle; Lambert. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- 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: St. Charles Hospital: 1951-1954