Colourized postcard of medium-weight card of Hotel Dieu Hospital with spires of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church in background; shows the bask view of the "operating room", Sydenham Wing, the Brock Wing, the St. Joseph Wing and the Chapel; and another building later torn down for the Centenary Wing…
Colourized postcard of medium-weight card of Hotel Dieu Hospital with spires of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church in background; shows the bask view of the "operating room", Sydenham Wing, the Brock Wing, the St. Joseph Wing and the Chapel; and another building later torn down for the Centenary Wing; card is unused.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
Front reads: "Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario. - 40"; back reads: "Post card // Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd. Ottawa // PECo. Ottawa // Made in Canada"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 8.8 cm. x Width: 13.5 cm.
Condition Remarks
Small bend, upper left corner; bend marks middle of right side; bend mark lower left quadrant
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
Building plan of Hotel Dieu (1996) and a plaque erected in front of the old main entrance; "The Way We Care", Dept. of Public Relations, Hotel Dieu Hospital; "From Words to loving action ..." by Sister Loretta Gaffney, p. 26
Research Facts
Located at 166 Brock St., Hotel Dieu Hospital now takes up an entire block framed by Johnson, Bagot, Brock, and Sydenham Streets; initially was the Regiopolis College, incorporated March 4, 1837; cornerstone of the central portion of the building was laid by school's founder, Bishop Alexander Macdonell, June 11, 1839 (what is now Sydenham Wing); 1866 College given full degree-granting powers (rarely used) and closed in 1869 because of money problems; in 1892 it was acquired by the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph and they opened Hotel Dieu Hospital; the college reopened and continued elsewhere; the first Hotel Dieu Hospital set up by Amable Bournonniere in 1845 where the Sydenham and Brock Street Apartments were; 1899 - modern operating room built on the corner of Johnson and Sydenham; 1909 - Brock Wing added; 1930 - St. Joseph's Wong; 1947 - New Jeanne Mance Residence; 1950 - Centenary Wing opened (has a rounded end)