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  • Call NumberWORK_0602
  • TitleVisiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn
  • SummaryCaption: "On a health supervisory visit to Mrs. Julio de Jesus [not pictured], Miss Mary Choelwinski of the staff of the Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn discusses ways in which foods unfamiliar to Mrs. Jesus can be used to supplement the regular diet. While Henry, aged 8, looks on ..., 10-year-old Carol follows the nurse's directions for preparing dry skim milk ..." Image includes another, unidentified girl and, also, a bunch of carrots on table in foreground.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 14, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorRansom, Lewellyn
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVisiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn ; Carrots -- New York (State) -- New York ; Visiting nurses -- 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: Nursing: Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn: I