Black and white photograph affixed to thick tan cardstock depciting two nurses in graduating uniforms with red fabric cross on right sleeve; white sticker label with black ink are attached to backing with details of the nurse plus handwritten in pencil same information.
Black and white photograph affixed to thick tan cardstock depciting two nurses in graduating uniforms with red fabric cross on right sleeve; white sticker label with black ink are attached to backing with details of the nurse plus handwritten in pencil same information.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated to museum by Paul Fritz; originally belonged to donor's great aunt Anne Elizabeth Green, a nursing graduate from Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1909.
Dates
1909
1910
circa 1909-1910
Date Remarks
Graduation dates
Material
paper: tan, white
ink: brown, black
graphite: grey
Inscriptions
Written in pencil on backing: "With much love // from // [illeg.] Annie & Josie // Annie E. Green // Josie Green // Graduates of // Kingston General // Hospital"; written in black ink on white sticker label on backing: "GREEN, ANNIE E // GREEN, JOSIE // GRADUATES OF KINGSTON GENERAL // HOSPITAL 0/0 BROCK GREEN, SR."; written in black ink on white sticker label attached to plastic slipcover: "GREEN, ANNIE E. (NURSING SISTER // IN W. W. I) // GREEN, JOSIE // BOTH GRADUATES OF KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Nurses Binder pg. 2 a
Length
17.6 cm
Width
12.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 17.6 cm x Width 12.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Cardstock backing is discoloured and worn particularly along edges; minor surface grime
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Websites
Book
Reference Comments
Kingston General Hosptial School of Nursing graduation list
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Andrea Melvin, “Badges of Honour or Devices of Control?: Nursing Uniforms at Kingston General Hospital Training School for Nurses,” Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship, 2008. Museum of Health Care at Kingston.
Research Facts
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing existed from 1886-1974 and was a hospital-based training school. Anne graduated with a class of ten students in 1909 and Josie graduated in 1910 with eleven students. The first official 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 or other memorabilia to commemorate their graduation from the school.
Kingston General Hospital had the symbol of the red cross displayed on the sleeves of nursing uniforms, seen as the “international symbol of mercy,” which later became the symbol of the International Red Cross Association. As such, the hospital began embroidering its initials “KGH” onto the cross to distinguish themselves from the Red Cross.