Monochrome photograph of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, nursing choir; fifty-two nurses at the center of the image; at the left side of the image is a male conductor in a black tuxedo next to a woman in a white dress holding flowers; slightly to the right is another woman in white…
Monochrome photograph of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, nursing choir; fifty-two nurses at the center of the image; at the left side of the image is a male conductor in a black tuxedo next to a woman in a white dress holding flowers; slightly to the right is another woman in white sitting at a piano; and at the far right of the image is two women holding flowers, the first from the left is dressed in a dark top with a plaid skirt, while the second one is dressed in a white dress; the image is framed in a grey cardstock; the choir are sitting on a wooden stage in the center of the image and dressed in white cotton nurses uniforms including caps while each holding a music folio with 'KGH' written on the front; there are several potted ferns at the bottom of the stage; at the bottom of the image there is a podium with two potted ferns.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Originally owned by Abbie Judson, a graduate from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1922. She is also the aunt of the donor, Judy Horsey.
Image is slightly and evenly faded; a spotted stain on the top and left side of the border / cardstock; small stain on the right side of the border / cardstock; photograph is slightly warped and wrinkling at the center
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
"For Service to Humanity: Nursing Education at Kingston General Hospital," Museum of Health Care. https://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/explore/exhibitions/forservicetohumanity.html
Research Facts
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing students worked up to twelve hour shifts almost seven days a week, and had little free time besides regulated vacation periods. Nurses made the most of the free time they had by going to dances, swimming, skating, participating in sports, picnics, and singing in the school's choir.