About This Item


  • TitleUnpacking
  • Call NumberHOSP_0052
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Unpacking--Gloria Gentiluomo (left), a second year student, assists Miss Dolores Brusca (center) of 279 Prospect Place and Miss Phyllis Baron (right) of 28 W. 9th St., both merit scholarship winners, to unpack and get settled in their attractive dormitory rooms. Each student is assigned to a private room which is furnished in modern oak pieces and decorated with chintz drapes and spreads."
  • Date1950
  • 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: Mar. 10, 1950; "C. E. McNamara Photos." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E. [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Hospital ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nursing students -- 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.