One black paper sheet from a photograph album with two punched holes on side and contains six monotone photographs of nurses over both sides; four images show nurses graduation day of four friends and group shots of each of the four; nurses are in white uniforms including shoes, stockings, caps and…
One black paper sheet from a photograph album with two punched holes on side and contains six monotone photographs of nurses over both sides; four images show nurses graduation day of four friends and group shots of each of the four; nurses are in white uniforms including shoes, stockings, caps and are carrying a large bouquet of roses, carrying their graduation certificates and wearing their graduation pin; standing outside in front of the circa 1927 Nurses Residence on O’Kill Street; one photograph of a nurse in white uniform in a possibly patient ward; one photograph of nurse in long white uniform and black boots holding an infant bundled up for a cool day.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned by Maude M. Prong; donated to museum by daughter-in-law Jill Curzon.
Images colour is slightly fading; black paper album page which the photographs are glued onto is slightly ripped, crinkled and bent at corners
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
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.