About This Item


  • TitleHalloween comes early
  • Call NumberWORK_0608
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Halloween comes early--Mary Patricia Murphy, public health nurse on the staff of the Brooklyn Visiting Nurse Association, hands out bundles of candy to three handicapped children at Association's annual Halloween party in its headquarters, 138 S. Oxford St. The children are Francine, 7, Ellen, 9, [both using crutches] and, in wheelchair, Judy, 8."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Oct. 28, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVisiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn ; Crutches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Halloween -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scarecrows -- New York (State) -- New York ; Visiting nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wheelchairs -- 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.