Gold class ring with oval face depicting the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing emblem, and a tiny enameled red cross in the centre bottom.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned by Vivian Gladys Aldridge.
Maker
S. B. Ltd.
Dates
1942
circa 1942
Date Remarks
Written on artifact
Material
metal: yellow
enamel: red
Inscriptions
Molded into gold: "19 // KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL // 42".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-2 Box 1
Length
1.5 cm
Width
1.5 cm
Depth
1.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 1.5 cm x Width 1.5 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Writing and enamel on front of ring worn down.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Vivian Gladys Aldridge graduated from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1942; was the Head Nurse of Connell 3 at the Kingston General Hospital during the 1960's.
The first graduating class of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing was in 1888; the school was created in order to educate nurses as the demand for them increased, as well as providing a labour force to the hospital. When the first nurses graduated, they were given a certificate of completion, twenty five dollars, and a nursing medal. Over the years, nurses were sometimes given pins and/or rings to commemorate their graduation from the school.