About This Item


  • TitleMadame president
  • Call NumberHOSP_0573
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Madame president--Inaugurating the 1952-1953 season's program for auxiliary workers at St. Catherine's Hospital, newly-installed president of the Ladies Guild, Mrs. Kathryn Mullen, receives the congratuations of Stephen C. Chess, representing the hospital's board of directors. Sister M. Francis Regis, O.P., R.N., administrator of the hospital and out-going president, Mrs. Mary Malko, witness the installation of the new head of the Ladies Guild. The Guild is a voluntary auxiliary composed of the wives of the doctors of St. Catherine's Hospital and friends of the wives who have pledged themselves to work for the welfare of the hospital."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 24, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nuns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Volunteer hospital workers -- 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.