About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0678
  • TitleReady for an emergency
  • SummaryCaption: "Ready for an emergency--The blood bank at St. Mary's Hospital is full at the moment, but donors are urged to keep it filled by Sister Antoinette,left, instructor in laboratory technology at the hospital. She checks on order for blood with Sister Petronia, student laboratory technician. More trained technicians are needed, Sister Antoinette told Brooklyn workers in the United Hospital Fund drive."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Oct. 14, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBlood banks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- 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