….after such a long dry period. Maybe that’s why I’m feeling lazy and just want to laze around. I have lots of things to do, but I just can’t quite get around to doing them. Cookie baking is on my list, but I need two ingredients that are in low suppy, and I don’t feel like splashing through the rain into the grocery store.
Meanwhile, I’ve gone back into my stash of my grandfather’s photos from Brooklyn Hospital in 1902, and found this one he took in the children’s ward. The nurses are, from left to right, Miss Gardner, Miss Soulé, and Miss Boone. This is one of a large collection we donated to the hospital several years ago, one of the largest donations they’ve ever received.
In thanking us for the donation, they mentioned that previously they’d had nothing but printed materials to indicate a person had worked there, and when families would ask about their forebears, all they could do was to confirm dates and positions. But my grandfather recorded the names of all the doctors and nurses he photographed, enabling them to put faces to many of the names. It’s a pity he didn’t know the names of the patients, especially that bright-eyed, intelligent-looking little girl in the right foreground.
Ann Dickinson Sargent 