Christmas comes early

Christmas comes early
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Title: Christmas comes early
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Caption: "Christmas comes early--Lou De Pace [dressed as Santa Claus and holding a pile of gifts], chairman of the Christmas Fund of the M. F. C. Memorial Association, a Coney Island group, brings Christmas gaity to crippled children of St. Charles Hospital, 277 Hicks St. The volunteers are, left to right, Patricia Di Guissppi, 4, Richard Broadhaed, 4; Cathleen Harnett, 4; Billy Collins, 3; Regina Farrell, 3, and Lenora Belina, 3. Looking on are Raymond Pecora, association president, and Sister Mary."

Date: 1953
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Kruh, Johnny.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
Stamped on verso: date: Dec. 13, 1953; Kruh.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Hospitals
Subject: Children with disabilities
Hospital patients
Hospitals
Santa Claus
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: HOSP 0610