1901: My grandfather, Dr. B.V. Caffee, was called to treat Patty Brady’s cut knee at her home in New York City, by the policeman who stands behind her. Dr Caffee was an intern at Brooklyn Hospital at the time. He was able to stitch the wound on site, I learned from the Ambulance slip that he kept. He was an amateur photographer and had set up his camera on a tripod to catch the scene.
I inherited many of his negatives and prints, and was able to restore the scene using PhotoShop. This one was in an album. His story is included in my new book, The Girl Who Talked Too Much.
Ann Dickinson Sargent 