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  • Call NumberHOSP_0069
  • TitlePuppet show matinee
  • SummaryCaption: "Puppet show matinee--While the majority of the little patients in the children's ward at Brooklyn Hospaital watch the puppet show from their more distant hospital beds, four of the more active little patients are given front row seats for the performance of the Chinese puppet show, 'The Three Boxes,' presented by the Junior League of Brooklyn, Inc. Left to right are Thomas Ritter, 3, of 1227 Myrtle Ave.; Ralph Budet, 2, of 90 Hart St.; Cecilia Sherman, 11, of 160 Fenimore St., and Terence Tully, 2 1/2 of Ramsey, N. J. Chaperoning the matinee puppet show audiences are, left to right, Michael Veneziano, Nurse Elizabeth Regan, and Mrs. William Tamm."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Apr. 2, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hospital ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Puppet theater -- 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: Brooklyn Hospital: Staff & patients