About This Item

  • TitleVolunteers at work
  • Call NumberCHUR_0954
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CHUR 0953, CHUR 0952), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of women involved in the planning of the annual card party of the Woman's Board of the Church Charity Foundation of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, to be held at the St. George Hotel in Brooklyn. 0952 shows three women (identified on caption as Mrs. Edward W. Russell, Mrs. August Ludtmann, and Mrs. Nehemiah H. Brewster) at round table with ledgers and tickets; 0953 shows two women rolling gauzes under instruction of nurse (identified on caption as Miss Joan MacEwen, R. N., Mrs. Lena Thorner, and Miss Mary Wilson); 0954 shows two women (identified on caption as Mrs. Harry W. Titus and Mrs. Ada McGuillen) at counter of gift shop of St. John's Episcopal Hospital, probably in Far Rockaway, Queens.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 15, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEpiscopal Church -- Charities ; Middle-aged women -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Far Rockaway (New York, N.Y.)Long Island (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.