Monochrome photograph of twenty-five nurses celebrating their 25th anniversary after graduating from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1932; the women are looking towards the camera for a group photo in a large room; women are lined up into three rows with the first row of women si…
Monochrome photograph of twenty-five nurses celebrating their 25th anniversary after graduating from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1932; the women are looking towards the camera for a group photo in a large room; women are lined up into three rows with the first row of women sitting and the second and third row standing; each nurse is dressed in casual attire; mounted in a wide cream coloured and designed frame with brown cardstock; handwritten names of the ladies on the front; dates of the reunion and the photographers details on lower front.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Photograph was originally owned by Mona Winterburn's aunt, Mary Benedict.
On the front: "25TH ANNIVERSARY K.G.H. 1932 - 1957 // H. Lightfoot // Kingston; on the back: "Front Row - L - R - Emma Smith -- Miss Gill Miss Wilson Miss Acton Miss Armery - Miss Livine // Miss [illegible] // 2nd Row - Lori McMaster - Elsie [illegible] - Muriel Keyes - Gertrude [illegible] - Adele [illegible] - Irene Campbell // [illegible name] - Gladys O'Day // 3rd Row: Norma Clark - Helen Spafford - Billie Seager - Ailene Toland - Kelen Akroyd - Mahel Johnson // Geraldine Fraser - Isabelle Hendrick."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-4-2
Length
30.3 cm
Width
35.2 cm
Depth
0.2 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 30.3 cm X Width 35.2 cm X Depth 0.2 cm
Condition Remarks
The frame is slightly warped throughout and three of the corners are bent
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
There were forty-two students in Class of 1932: using the class list the names that are not legible are listed here:
"Front Row - L - R - Emma Smith -- Miss Gill Miss Wilson Miss Acton Miss Armery - Miss Livine // Miss DERBYSHIRE // 2nd Row - Lori McMaster - Elsie DAVIS - Muriel Keyes - Gertrude RANSOM - Adele BENEDICT - Irene Campbell // CORDELIA HUTSON - Gladys O'Day // 3rd Row: Norma Clark - Helen Spafford - Billie Seager - Ailene Toland - Kelen Akroyd - Mahel Johnson // Geraldine Fraser - Isabelle Hendrick"
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.