About This Item


  • Call NumberHOSP_0239
  • TitleGetting ready
  • SummaryCaption: "Getting ready--These nurses--not in uniform--are cleaning one of the many utility rooms. Like other personnel, they're enthusiastic about the new hospital. Left to right, Ethel King, Cara Mero, and Theresa Oakes."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Feb. 12, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Utility rooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans' hospitals -- 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: Fort Hamilton Veterans: Staff & patients: I