About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0680
  • TitleWeighing in
  • SummaryCaption: "Weighing in--Head Nurse Roseleen McCobb of the nursery at St. Mary's Hospital, seen through glass partition, checks weight of a newborn infant during a tour of high school students who are visiting schools of nursing during Open House Week, sponsored by the Nurses Association of the Counties of Long Island. The week ends Friday."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Dec. 8, 1948. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newborn infants -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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: Hospitals: St. Mary's: General