Opening of Laurel Pavilion (now Jim Pattison Pavilion) 1985

VGH Faculty of Medicine entrance in the 1950s, 10th and Heather St.

Faculty of medicine entrance.

Centennial Pavilion at Dusk

Centennial Pavilion.

Fire Exit Drill: Heather Pavilion, Orderlies helping at slides

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

Staff at “Field Hospital” Site

Event is likely PNE or British Empire Games (held 1954).

Red Cross Blood Bank

Event is likely PNE or British Empire Games (held 1954).

Move of Infant’s Hospital to VGH Site

Thought to be the move of Infant’s Hospital to its VGH site. Possibly Mary Richmond in photo. For context: Ethel Warbinek – “When I was a student in...

Operating Room team, Capped and Gowned

VGH O.R. scene, or O.R. in Willow Chest. Capped and gowned O.R. team during surgery.

Internes Residence 11th and Heather St.

The Interns’ residence @ the S.E. corner of 11th Ave and Heather St. Art deco exterior and interior had large rooms and beautiful woodwork.

Miss Marion Pinchin and Horace “Horky” P. Graves

Marion Pinchin (Royal Columbian grad), Supervisor O.R., and Horace “Horky” P. Graves, Head of Anaesthesiology, in the orthopedic room at Heather O.R.