About This Item
- 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.