| Title: | Scottish ceremony |
| Description: | Caption: "Scottish ceremony--Student nurses at Caledonian Hospital, Parkside near Woodruff Aves., light candles in capping ceremony of Scottish origin. Caledonian is only voluntary hospital in U. S. organized by Scottish-Americans, Wearing Royal Tarton plaid uniforms are, left to right, Gertrude Erlich, Muriel Nebring, Linda Agagnina, Alice Walfer, Mary Ann Zagrella, and Mary Wanta. Candles symbolize seven arms of nursing profession: intelligence, knowledge, enthusiasm, compasasion, loyalty, morality, and service." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Aug. 6, 1950; Photographed by Publicity Photograpners. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Hospitals [3]
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| Subject: |
Candles [4] Commencement ceremonies [5] Nurses [6] |
| 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 0173 |