Overseas Nursing Sisters Association O.R., No.1

Nursing Class Lesson, c.1908

Possibly in OR. Cap, bib, and apron suggest VGH, but striped blouse is odd.

Misses Clark, Foster, and McArthur at 12th Ave and Heather Street Residence

Photograph labeled 1914.

Ear, Nose, and Throat O.R.

Three nurses sit on a table in the ENT O.R. Note two different eras of uniform.

Nurse and Infant at Infant’s Hospital

Baby Pichelt, Age 2 Days, with Nurse Miss Coppin. Taken at Infant’s Hospital on Haro Street.

Abdominal Operation (Kidney Surgery?) at VGH, c.1930

Many nurses and attendants surround surgeons working on patient.

Miss Kathleen E. Ellis, Doctor of Nursing (1922-29)

Read more about Kathleen Ellis at the B.C. History of Nursing Society website: https://bcnursinghistory.ca/dvteam/kathleen-ellis/

Abdominal Operation at VGH, c.1930, No. 3

Abdominal operation underway at the VGH O.R. Two surgeons and one nurse pictured with patient.

Nursing Sister Ada Taylor Write-up

Text reads: “The Royal Red Cross (Class II) – N/S Ada Taylor, A.R.R.C., C.A.M.C. Taylor graduated in nursing from the V.G.H. in 1910. When the war broke out,...

First VGH Operating Room at Cambie Street c.1905

Back: Dr. A.P. Proctor; Dr. R.E. McKechnie; Miss Judge. Front: Dr. A.S. Monroe; Dr. C.A. McDiarmid. File contains two copies (HP.52b)