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  • TitleWins chance for life
  • Call NumberHOSP_0433
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Wins chance for life--Nurse Catherine Murphy in Kings County Hospital supervises transfusion of 'O Negative' blood to save life of Mrs. Beryl Jones of 520 Macon St. The chances were 14 to 1 that donor who offered blood would have the right type, but Postman William Bullitch did."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Oct.1, 1948. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectKings County Hospital (Kings County, N.Y.) ; Blood -- Transfusion -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.