About This Item


  • Call NumberOSOS_0479
  • TitleNursing license, University of the State of New York.
  • SummaryRecto: University of the State of New York Education Department license to practise as a registered professional nurse awarded to Bridget (Betty) Gallagher Sheehan on May, 15, 1942. Verso: notary stamp with signatures of Gallagher and clerk, August 17, 1942.
  • Date1942-05-15
  • Formattext
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black-and-white
  • Genreoccupational licenses
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date from certificate. Original license, [dimensions unknown], digitized on March 1, 2016 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Sheila Gallagher-Tierney at Dyker Library. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • CreatorUniversity of the State of New York Education Department
  • SubjectNurses ; Licenses ; University of the State of New York
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New York (State)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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