A baby book from Kingston General Hospital; the book has a brown cover with a picture of a baby on it; contains information for parents, advertisements for baby products, and an area for recording specifics about the baby.
A baby book from Kingston General Hospital; the book has a brown cover with a picture of a baby on it; contains information for parents, advertisements for baby products, and an area for recording specifics about the baby.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired by Doreen Appleton Mainse's when she worked at the hospital.
Page 9 has an advertisement with a 1959 copyright date.
Material
paper: brown, white
Inscriptions
"Best // Wishes" printed on the cover; "Best Wishes // to // Mrs................ // PRESENTED WITH // THE COMPLIMENTS OF // THE // KINGSTON GENERAL // HOSPITAL // KINGSTON ONTARIO" printed on the first page.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #7
Dimension Notes
Length 29.2 cm x Width 21.8 cm x Depth 0.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Like new.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Doreen Appleton Mainse
Research Facts
Doreen Appleton (maiden name) attended Queen's Nursing Science School from 1951-1952, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing from 1952-1955, and Queen's again from 1955-1956; she worked at Ongwanada Sanatorium in the summer of 1956, and at Public Health in Napanee and at schools etc. in the late 1950s; she worked part time during the 1960s at Kingston General Hospital and did not work from the late 1960s until 1977 when she returned part time to Kingston General Hospital; she also worked at the Fraser Armstrong Patient Center from 1979-1992, and at a doctor's office until she retired in 1996; these books were given to new parents.