About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0750
  • TitleThe Nightingale tradition
  • SummaryCaption: "The Nightingale tradition--Among the 20 young women who were capped yesterday, after having successfully completed their preclinical course in the Wyckoff Heights Hospital School of Practical Nursing were six from Brooklyn. The capping was done by Kathrine Dooley, director of nursing at the school. She is shown capping Rita Kelly of 1388 E. 55th St., while looking on are, left to right, Stella Fewer of 509 6th St., Rose Troiano of 312 Kapa St., Katherine Funsch of 9802 Farragut Road, Dorothy Finn or 405 Lincoln Road, and Ida Levine of 1320 E. 98th St. ..."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On caption: date stamped: Jan. 30, 1950; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Practical 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: Wyckoff Heights: School of Practical Nursing