About This Item
- TitleMother Lucia and Fireman William J. Tracey
- Call NumberHOSP_0582
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "Down Long Island to Port Jefferson, down the main road and up a steep hill on Myrtle Ave. to the St. Charles Home for Crippled Children, from which one of the most beautiful views in the world is obtained, went the Fire Department Holy Name Society of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Once there, did the kids have a wonder day! Games, eats, vaudeville, and the famous Fire Department Glee Club. Beaming with smiles, along with the kids, were Mother Lucia, mother superior of the hospital [and] Fireman William J. Tracey of Engine 276 of Brooklyn ..."
- Date1948
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
- NoteDate stamped on verso: Aug 14, 1948. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectChildren with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- 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.