Miss Helen King at Williams Lake War Memorial Hospital

Date suggested by skirt length and “War Memorial” name. Miss Helen King outside Williams Lake War Memorial Hospital.

Portrait of Miss Annie S. Cavers

Miss Annie Cavers, respected VGH graduate and teacher in the School of Nursing

Royal Visit 1939

Patients and staff lined up to salute motorcade (George and Elizabeth).

Fire Exit Drill: Heather Pavilion, Slides for Escape

Round chutes used to slide patients (on mattresses) to safety from 2nd and 3rd floors. Orderlies ready to receive ‘volunteers’. Note ‘wartime’ student uniforms.

VGH Hospital Interiors: Private Room

Private room at VGH.

Wartime Editorial Cartoon: “Hello Daddy” (slide)

Wartime Editorial Cartoon: “We are cold and hungry at home. My husband is in the hospital” (slide)

Surgery Prep

VGH Ear, Nose, and Throat O.R. Patient on the O.R. table with 3 capped, gowned staff. (But no masks, nor gloves).

VGH Hospital Interiors: Dr. Examining patient

VGH Hospital Interiors: Nursery incubators

Incubator operating in nursery cot.