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bobby barrettes
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- Dates
- 1960
- 1969
- circa 1960-1969
- Collection
- Nora Valleau Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 996028015 a-f
- Description
- A white and blue rectangular paper package with five white bobby barrettes clipped vertically onto lower half; image of nurse in top left corner.
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- Accession Number
- 996028015 a-f
- Collection
- Nora Valleau Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Clothing
- MM= Clothing -- accessory -- nursing
- Description
- A white and blue rectangular paper package with five white bobby barrettes clipped vertically onto lower half; image of nurse in top left corner.
- Number Of Parts
- 6
- Part Names
- a - package - Size: Length 13.0 cm. x Width 10.0 cm.
- b-f - bobby barrettes (x5) - Size: Length 5.7 cm. x Width 3.0 mm. x Depth 5.0 mm.
- Provenance
- Owned and used by Nora Valleau, 1928 KGH Nursing Graduate
- Maker
- Gaylord Products
- Site Made (City)
- St. Hyacinthe
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1960
- 1969
- circa 1960-1969
- Date Remarks
- Date approximation based on appearance of nurse on package
- Material
- paper: blue; white; pink; brown; black
- metal: white
- Inscriptions
- On package at centre top: "WHITE // BOBBY // BARRETTES // BLANCHES"; at top right, "No. 430 // 29¢ // by // Gayla ®"; along bottom: "Gaylord Products of Canada, Ltd. -- St. Hyacinthe, Que."; store sticker reads, "List Price .29 // TOP DISCOUNT // STORES // Your Cost .26"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-2
- Condition Remarks
- No signs of damage except some slight creasing of the bottom corners of the package
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Document
- Reference Comments
- "Listing of the Nora Valleau Collection"
- Research Facts
- Barrettes also known as 'bobby pins'; used by Nora Valleau to secure her nurse's cap; same package as 996.028.016
- Exhibit History
- On exhibit at the Museum of Health Care in the East Gallery, small cases #1 and #2 - May 30, 2007-June 9, 2008.
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bobby barrettes
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact501
- Dates
- 1960
- 1969
- circa 1960-1969
- Collection
- Nora Valleau Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 996028016 a-e
- Description
- A white and blue rectangular paper package with four white bobby barrettes clipped vertically onto lower half; image of nurse in top left corner; one pin is missing.
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- Accession Number
- 996028016 a-e
- Collection
- Nora Valleau Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Clothing
- MM= Clothing -- accessory -- nursing
- Description
- A white and blue rectangular paper package with four white bobby barrettes clipped vertically onto lower half; image of nurse in top left corner; one pin is missing.
- Number Of Parts
- 5
- Part Names
- a - package - Size: Length 13.0 cm. x Width 10.0 cm.
- b-e - bobby barrettes (x5) - Size: Length 5.7 cm. x Width 3.0 mm. x Depth 5.0 mm.
- Provenance
- Owned and used by Nora Valleau, 1928 KGH Nursing Graduate
- Maker
- Gaylord Products
- Site Made (City)
- St. Hyacinthe
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1960
- 1969
- circa 1960-1969
- Date Remarks
- Date approximation based on appearance of nurse on package
- Material
- paper: blue; white; pink; brown; black
- metal: white
- Inscriptions
- On package at centre top: "WHITE // BOBBY // BARRETTES // BLANCHES"; at top right, "No. 430 // 29¢ // by // Gayla ®[crown symbol above "Gayla"]; along bottom: "Gaylord Products of Canada, Ltd. -- St. Hyacinthe, Que."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-2
- Condition Remarks
- Missing one pin; glue residue on package surface 2.4 cm from top and 2.7 cm from right side (left over from store sticker); slight creasing on bottom corners
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Comments
- "Listing of the Nora Valleau Collection"
- Research Facts
- Barrettes also known as 'bobby pins'; used by Nora Valleau to secure her nurse's cap; same package as 996.028.015
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- Collection
- Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 995002075 a-ad
- Description
- Cardboard card with 30 grey bobby pins attached; each bobby pin is made of a single strip of metal folded in half with a space at the fold; the bottom half is flat and the top half goes through to the front; 1 button is 1.9 cm in diameter with a plastic front; 1 button is slightly wavy; both ends …
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- Accession Number
- 995002075 a-ad
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Description
- Cardboard card with 30 grey bobby pins attached; each bobby pin is made of a single strip
- of metal folded in half with a space at the fold; the bottom half is flat and the top half
- goes through to the front; 1 button is 1.9 cm in diameter with a plastic front; 1 button
- is slightly wavy; both ends have been dipped in plastic to reduce sharpness; the top end
- is also bent up in a 45 deg angle
- Number Of Parts
- 30
- Part Names
- a-ad - bobby pins - Size: Length 5.3 cm. x Width 1.0 mm.
- Maker
- Tip-Top
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Material
- metal: grey
- Inscriptions
- Card has a price sticker from Wight's Drugs for $.53
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-2
- Condition Remarks
- The bobby pins are unused and uncorroded
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- Marilyn Boston; CD #2
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ceremonial candleholder
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact708
- Dates
- 1930
- circa 1930
- Collection
- Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 995002088
- Description
- Candleholder made of porcelain in the shape of an oil lamp; round hollowed base which goes up into an almond-shaped lamp with a handle at one end and a round hole in the tip made to hold a candle; sides of lamp have a slightly raised scroll design.
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- Accession Number
- 995002088
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Anniversaries and Special Events
- Schools, Nursing
- MM= Commemorative and Association Items
- Description
- Candleholder made of porcelain in the shape of an oil lamp; round hollowed base which goes up into an almond-shaped lamp with a handle at one end and a round hole in the tip made to hold a candle; sides of lamp have a slightly raised scroll design.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned by Margaret Stewart (1931 KGH Nursing graduate); given to Diane (Duffy) Hinchcliffe (1965 KGH Nursing graduate) by Margaret Stewart's daughter, K. Langan.
- Dates
- 1930
- circa 1930
- Date Remarks
- Margaret Stewart graduated from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1931.
- Material
- porcelain: cream
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-3
- Dimension Notes
- Length: 12.0 cm. x Depth: 8.4 cm.
- Condition Remarks
- Handle of the candleholder has been broken at some point and non-expertly mended with an unidentified adhesive
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- A white porcelain candleholder with small wax candle was given to each nursing student at the "nurses lamp lighting ceremony", which was held at the completion of the six-month probationary period. The lamp design was modeled after lamps used by Florence Nightingale. Nursing School added their school name / logo on the lamp as a commemoration of the occasion. Each nursing school had a variant of the basic ceremony held at specified times in the training of a nurse.
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- Dates
- 1912
- circa 1912
- Collection
- Miss Norma Crozier Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 992022002
- Description
- One only sterling cuff link; monogrammed "NC"; slant style
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- Accession Number
- 992022002
- Collection
- Miss Norma Crozier Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Clothing
- MM= Clothing -- accessory -- nursing
- Description
- One only sterling cuff link; monogrammed "NC"; slant style
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Envelope states: "Kingston General Hospital Nurses from Miss Norma Crozier class of
- '12 1 class pin // 1 sterling cuff link, monogrammed"
- Dates
- 1912
- circa 1912
- Date Remarks
- see envelope description
- Material
- sterling silver: white
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-2
- Dimension Notes
- Length: 2.0 cm. x Width: 1.7 cm. x Depth: 1.0 cm.
- Condition Remarks
- tarnished; slight dent in button of cuff
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #1
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Detoxification (Revised) [book]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14907
- Dates
- 1929
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 015017006
- Description
- Hardbound book with black and white photographs and illustrations describing the treatment and prevention of diseases of the mouth and throat; title of book stamped in gold on front cover; 60 pages.
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- Accession Number
- 015017006
- Author
- WM.S. Merrell Company
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Nurse
- Description
- Hardbound book with black and white photographs and illustrations describing the treatment and prevention of diseases of the mouth and throat; title of book stamped in gold on front cover; 60 pages.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to donor's family friend Dr. Everett Franklin Ward.
- Maker
- WM.S. Merrell Company
- Site Made (City)
- Cincinatti
- Site Made (State)
- Ohio
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1929
- Date Remarks
- Publication date
- Material
- paper: cream
- ink: black; gold
- fabric: blue
- Inscriptions
- Printed on frontispiece: "DETOXIFICATION // A new Factor in the // Treatment and Prevention of Diseases // of the Mouth and Throat // PART I // THEORY OF DETOXIFICATION // PART II // TECHNIQUE OF DETOXIFICATION // Published by // THE WM. S. MERRELL COMPANY // CINCINNATI"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- Length
- 18.07 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Depth
- 0.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Shows minor wear and stain on spine; pages in good condition
- Copy Type
- original
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graduation pin
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact644
- Dates
- 1919
- circa 1919
- Collection
- Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 995002024
- Description
- Gold pin; white ground with gold trim; "KGH" to central area
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- Accession Number
- 995002024
- Author
- Lillian Lord
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Schools, Nursing
- Anniversaries and Special Events
- MM= Clothing -- accessory -- nursing
- MM= Commemorative and Association Items
- Description
- Gold pin; white ground with gold trim; "KGH" to central area
- Provenance
- Awarded to Lillian Lord during commencement of KGH School of Nursing, 1919
- Dates
- 1919
- circa 1919
- Date Remarks
- Date of Lillian Lord's graduation
- Material
- metal: white; yellow
- Inscriptions
- To front centre: "KGH"; engraved to back: "L L // 1919 // 14 K [symbol that resembles a "C"
- with a "3" inside - see accession sheet for drawing]
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-1
- Dimension Notes
- Diam. : 2.0 cm.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- Owned by Lillian Mary (Lord) Dougherty, who graduated from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1919, while she was a nursing student.
- Exhibit History
- Hall of Honour - 09/95
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graduation pin
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact645
- Dates
- 1888
- circa 1888
- Collection
- Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 995002025
- Description
- Sterling silver pin; geometric and leaf decorative markings; bar header; swinging plaque body; medallion to centre of body; with inscription front and back
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- Accession Number
- 995002025
- Author
- Mary O'Hara
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Schools, Nursing
- Anniversaries and Special Events
- MM= Clothing -- accessory -- nursing
- MM= Commemorative and Association Items
- Description
- Sterling silver pin; geometric and leaf decorative markings; bar header; swinging plaque
- body; medallion to centre of body; with inscription front and back
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Awarded to Mary O'Hara at KGH Training School for Nurses Commencement, 1888
- Dates
- 1888
- circa 1888
- Date Remarks
- Date of Mary O'Hara's graduation
- Material
- silver: silver
- Inscriptions
- Engraved to front: KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL // TRAINING // SCHOOL // FOR // NURSES; engraved
- to back: "Mary O'Hara // GRADUATED // Sept. 11th 1888"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-1
- Dimension Notes
- Length 5.0 cm. x Width 4.0 cm. x Depth 0.5 cm.
- Condition Remarks
- slightly tarnished
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #2
- Exhibit History
- On exhibit at Museum, Jan. 22, 2001-June 9, 2008.
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graduation pin
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact667
- Dates
- 1935
- circa 1935
- Collection
- Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 995002047
- Description
- Round gold pin with 4 sections coming out; letters "KGH" in gold, over white enamelled front
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- Accession Number
- 995002047
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Schools, Nursing
- Anniversaries and Special Events
- MM= Clothing -- accessory -- nursing
- MM= Commemorative and Association Items
- Description
- Round gold pin with 4 sections coming out; letters "KGH" in gold, over white enamelled front
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Margaret Emily Kirkpatrick (1935 KGH Nursing graduate)
- Dates
- 1935
- circa 1935
- Material
- metal: yellow
- enamel: white
- Inscriptions
- Engraved on pin: "M.E.K."; stamped : "S.Bs 10 k [symbol that resembles a 7 superimposed on a 4]"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-1
- Condition Remarks
- No damage or tarnishing
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- Marilyn Boston; CD #1
- Exhibit History
- KGH Nursing Alumnae 2005 Special exhibit, Museum of Health Care, 20 May 2005-24 June 2005
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graduation pin
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact942
- Dates
- 1927
- circa 1927
- Collection
- Queenie Cooke Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 996023001
- Description
- Circular gold pin with four rectangular pieces cut out, to form a pattern of a central circle with four quadrilateral pieces coming off it; the front of the pin has white enamel and the letters KGH in gold going horizontally across it; the back of the pin has a pin and clasp, to allow it to be atta…
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- Accession Number
- 996023001
- Collection
- Queenie Cooke Collection
- Category
- Nursing
- Classification
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Schools, Nursing
- Anniversaries and Special Events
- MM= Clothing -- accessory -- nursing
- MM= Commemorative and Association Items
- Description
- Circular gold pin with four rectangular pieces cut out, to form a pattern of a central circle with
- four quadrilateral pieces coming off it; the front of the pin has white enamel and the letters KGH
- in gold going horizontally across it; the back of the pin has a pin and clasp, to allow it to be
- attached to clothing
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Donated by Pat Daniels, the nephew of the original owner, Queenie Cooke, 1927 KGH Nursing graduate
- Maker
- S.B. Ltd.
- Dates
- 1927
- circa 1927
- Date Remarks
- Date engraved on back
- Material
- metal: yellow
- enamel: white
- Inscriptions
- The front of the pin has the letters "KGH" across it; the back is engraved, "Q.C. // 1927" and
- stamped, "14K // S.B. LTD."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-C5-1
- Dimension Notes
- Depth: 0.5 cm. x Diam. : 1.9 cm.
- Condition Remarks
- The gold is slightly tarnished; the enamel on the front shows some wear marks; the back pin and
- clasp work; polishing recommended prior to display
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #2
- Exhibit History
- On exhibit in Paediatric case in Museum, Nov. 21, 1997
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