Small monochrome photograph of Grace McKee, facing towards the camera and in the background is the Kingston General Hosptial School of Nursing circa 1904 residence; dressed in her graduation nurse's uniform of a starched long sleeved white cotton dress and a red fabric cross on her right arm, as we…
Small monochrome photograph of Grace McKee, facing towards the camera and in the background is the Kingston General Hosptial School of Nursing circa 1904 residence; dressed in her graduation nurse's uniform of a starched long sleeved white cotton dress and a red fabric cross on her right arm, as well as a white cap; glued on the back of the photograph is black ripped paper and Grace's first name, written in blue pen, at the bottom left corner.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Photograph was originally owned by Grace McKee, Kingston General Hospital Nursing graduate, class of 1933. She is the sister of the donor, Margaret Huddelston.
Image slightly and evenly faded; there is a stain at the bottom of the front side of the photograph; and there is ripped black paper glued to the back of the photograph, accompanied by glue residue
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Websites
Reference Comments
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
“Ann Baillie Building National Historic Site,” “Homes for Nurses -- The Ann Baillie Building and its Successors,” Paul Robertson, Museum of Health Care at Kingston. https://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/about/ann-baillie-building.html
Research Facts
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.
The Ann Baillie building was constructed in 1903-1904 as the first permanent residence building for Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing students. It housed twenty-six nurses.