Cream-coloured, rectangular, paper dance card with red lettering; made from one piece of heavy paper folded in half with dances listed inside; cover reads "Nurses' Dance // K.G.H. // Graduation Class of 1928"; middle of cover displays Kingston General Hospital crest (anchor and crown with snake ent…
Cream-coloured, rectangular, paper dance card with red lettering; made from one piece of heavy paper folded in half with dances listed inside; cover reads "Nurses' Dance // K.G.H. // Graduation Class of 1928"; middle of cover displays Kingston General Hospital crest (anchor and crown with snake entwined around two sticks and banner at the top reading, "KINGSTON HOSPITAL")
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Nora Valleau, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 1928 Graduate.
Maker
Jackson Press
Dates
1928
circa 1928
Date Remarks
Date of Valleau's graduation
Material
paper: cream
ink: red, black
Inscriptions
Cover of program reads "Nurses' Dance // K.G.H. // Graduation Class of 1928"; bottom reads "Wednesday, May 16th, 1928"; inside left at the top reads "PROGRAMME", with 15 dances listed below; inside and pencil and include Sid W., Bob Bell, Ken McQueene, Dick Caulfield, Norman McAuley, and Jack Dunlop; the reverse reads "PATRONESSES" with three names below including Miss Ann Baillie; the bottom reads, "The Jackson Press"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 5
Length
6.6 cm
Width
11.1 cm
Depth
0.1 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 6.6 cm. x Width 11.1 cm. x Depth 0.1 cm.
Condition Remarks
Light smudge on cover located 5.5 cm from top and 5 mm from the right side; darker smudge located inside program on right side 5.4 mm from the top and 2 mm from the right side; some light fraying along the outside fold of the program running from the bottom of the program up for 5.5 cm
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
"KGH Nursing Alumni Memorabilia" compiled by Marilyn Boston
Oral history of Nora Valleau compiled by Rona Rustige
Research Facts
Place card of basket of flowers (996.028.007) found inside dance program; Valleau presented with a thimble by Ann Baillie at the same dinner (all graduates received the same gift)
Exhibit History
On exhibit in Nursing case in Museum, Nov. 21 1997