About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0443
  • TitleLong Island College Hospital student nurses
  • SummaryInscription: "Long Island College Hospital student nurses Jo-Anne Tansi (left) and Marguerite Rezoaglt show a view at top of the original 25-bed hospital & school of medicine [in 1858] which was the 2nd voluntary non-profit hospital in Brooklyn & the first teaching hospital in the N. Y. area. The lower painting shows the entrance of today's 567-bed facility, now incorporating Prospect Heights Hospital & planning expansions to become one of New York City's major medical centers." At the time of cataloging, the hospital is located at the intersection of Hicks Street and Amity Street. The image is not dated.
  • Date[196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectLong Island College Hospital ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing students -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cobble Hill (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: Long Island College: Buildings