Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival
Portrait Picture
Nursing
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Classification
Archival, Images
Portrait Picture
Nursing
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Accession Number
995002080
Description
(a) black-and-white panoramic photograph of the Class of 1931 Kingston General Hospital graduate nurses; shows graduate nurses with Ann Baillie, the Superintendant of the Training School for Nurses at Kingston General Hospital in front of the original nurses' home (now the Ann Baillie Building).
(a) black-and-white panoramic photograph of the Class of 1931 Kingston General Hospital graduate nurses; shows graduate nurses with Ann Baillie, the Superintendant of the Training School for Nurses at Kingston General Hospital in front of the original nurses' home (now the Ann Baillie Building).
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Priscilla Dodd, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduate Class of 1931
(a) The photograph had been stored rolled; edges show dirt; front shows 3 crease marks; overall, the photograph is very stable and has no tears or missing sections
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Website
Reference Comments
Marilyn Boston
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.