Cream oval-shaped felt crest with red stitching; top: "GENERAL HOSPITAL" written inside a banner design; bottom: "KINGSTON" written inside a banner design; centre: crown and anchor motif, two-stick caduceus motif (snake entwined around two sticks).
Cream oval-shaped felt crest with red stitching; top: "GENERAL HOSPITAL" written inside a banner design; bottom: "KINGSTON" written inside a banner design; centre: crown and anchor motif, two-stick caduceus motif (snake entwined around two sticks).
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Nora Valleau, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduate Class of 1928.
Dates
1925
1928
circa 1925-1928
Date Remarks
Nora Valleau's years at Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing.
Material
fabric: cream; red
Inscriptions
"GENERAL HOSPITAL // KINGSTON" on crest.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-3
Length
12.1 cm
Width
10.2 cm
Depth
0.2 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 12.1 cm. x Width 10.2 cm. x Depth 0.2 cm.
Condition Remarks
Front: 3 mm grey smudge mark next to red border 2.5 cm to the right of the right anchor prong; back: thread backing is frayed around edges
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Document
Other
Article
Website
Reference Comments
"Information RE KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL Nursing Uniforms"
"KGH Nursing Alumni Memorabilia" compiled by Marilyn Boston
Oral history of Nora Valleau compiled by Rona Rustige
"K.G.H. Alumnae 100th Anniversary Celebration", scrapbook with photos showing blazers being worn -- June 3-5 1988
Providence Care, "History of KGH – Working in an old hospital without paying attention," October 20th, 2014. https://providencecare.ca/history-of-kgh-working-in-an-old-hospital-without-paying-attention/
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
The crest was worn on blazers used by nurses when off duty; worn on left pocket. The main building at Kingston General Hospital was built in 1833-1835 as a charitable hospital. It did not open as a public hospital until 1845, as it was the first home of the Canadian Parliament after the union of Upper and Lower Canada from 1841-1844. The first 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.