About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0615
  • TitleLet's play doctor
  • SummaryCaption: "Let's play doctor--At 'Alice in Wonderland Party' given by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pressman, right for polio shut-in children of St. Charles Orthopedic Hospital, 277 Hicks St., 'Dr.' Ariel Roman, 5, tries out his toy stethoscope on 'his' patient, Pamela Knowlton, 5, whom Sister Mary Williams helps to 'sit up for the doctor'." Both of the patients are sitting in wheelchairs.
  • Date1954
  • 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] 21, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Volunteer hospital workers -- 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