Side view of the Vandenburgh Nurses Residence at The Swedish Hospital just prior to its demolition in the 1960s. This home was in near continuous use by the hospital beginning in the early twentieth century.
Nursing graduation of the Minneapolis General Hospital and the University of Minnesota. Nurses in cadet nurse corps uniforms and nursing uniforms climb the steps of Northrup Auditorium at the university.
Photograph of a busy laboratory scene at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis. Two physicians discuss results while three nurses perform other laboratory tests. This photo was most likely taken as a public relations photo for the hospital. An inscription on the back of the photo reads, ""The laboratories -- experienced technicians, modern equipment for your protection.
A nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis is pictured laying a newborn infant down on a changing table in the hospital nursery. Notice the large pile of cloth diapers behind the baby. The nurse is even wearing a mask to change the diaper -- perhaps a wise decision!
A classroom at The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis that features a "patient" resting in a hospital bed in the front corner of the room.
Staff are shown in costume for the Minneapolis General Hospital Carnival held at Harrington Hall; the two people seated on the floor are stirring a cauldron with a leg bone.
Shown left to right are Marjorie Day, Doris Wiese, Jane Gillis, Eileen Snyder and Julie Bengstom in costume for the Minneapolis General Hospital's annual Carnival revue.
Staff members Ruth Miller, Minnie Swenson, Jean Hyers, Evelyn Ridge, Evelyn Comstock, and Ann Mae Gorgnedale are shown in the new lunch room in the Minneapolis General Hospital's Annex Building.
Pictured left to right are staff members Princella Scott, Inga Dalhaug, Agnes Johnson, and Evelyn Comstock having a meal in the Aides' Lunch Room at Minneapolis General Hospital.
A nursing student at St. Barnabas Hospital is putting away her uniform in her room at the Wellesmere Nurses Residence in Minneapolis. Nurses were required to have freshly ironed and starched uniforms for every shift.
The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing class of 1941 student Eileen Larson Johnson scrubbing in for an operation in scrub room C-D at The Swedish Hospital. Notice the cotton surgical mask that covers her face and wraps over her entire head.
Shown left to right are Hanna Carlson, Floy Chamberlain, Rose O'Donnell, Inez Rannow, and Albert Williams working in the accounts section of Minneapolis General Hospital's business office.
An internal view of the Minneapolis General Hospital resident staff dining room, located on the first floor of the service building; pictured from left to right are staff members Naemi Bergstrom, Helen Stein, and Clara Nelson.
Orderlies are shown in their quarters in the Minneapolis General Hospital's annex building. Pictured in the front row are Vernon Swanson, Vincent Corneia, Clifford Fjorden, John Kramer, Arnold Hill, Lloyd Hopper, and Irving Hansen; pictured in the back row are Louis G. Larsen, Philip Palmer, Ben Haeussler, Alfred Strand, John Almquist, Clarance A. Kamm, Kermit Nicka, Earl Felix, Herman Alama, and Harry Stinson.
An internal view of the Minneapolis General Hospital Nurses' Dining Room. Pictured from left to right are staff members Betty Simonson, Clara Nelson, Mary Wittko, Naemi Bergstrom, Helen Stein, Gladys Lund, Barbara Perlick, and Dorothy Schiffler.
An internal view of Minneapolis General Hospital's laundry room; staff in overalls posing by the wash tubs are, from left to right, John Meyers, Tim Duffy, Elmer Green, Hugo Nilsson, Lawrence DesLauriers.
Staff member shown working in the special diet kitchen at the Minneapolis General Hospital; patient mealtimes are written on the chalkboard in the left foreground.
An internal view of the Minneapolis General Hospital's sewing room; seamstresses pictured left to right are Gladys Murray, Blanche Myers, and Leone Lattimer.
Nurses are shown in the at Minneapolis General Hospital's milk and formula laboratory. Pictured left to right are Louise Clark, Dorothea Etter, and Eileen Hanson.
Hand ironers are shown in the Minneapolis General Hospital's laundry building. Shown left to right are Bertha D. Byrnes, Lucille M. Lillie, Christine Olson, and Lillian Gravett. Uniform ironing for hospital staff continued until the 1960s.
Patients are shown being examined at the Minneapolis General Hospital's outpatient dentistry clinic. Staff pictured are Dr. A.E. Wessling, Dr. J.L. Staples, Dr. Theo Martin, and Dr. Irving L. Wigren.
Staff shown in the outpatient clinical records department on the first floor of the Minneapolis General Hospital; outpatients had separate record numbers from admitted patients.
Betty A. Schomer and May Smith are shown baking pies in the pastry shop in the main hospital kitchens of the Minneapolis General Hospital's service building.
Exterior view of a nurses' dormitory at The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in downtown Minneapolis. All nursing students were required to live in the dorm and adhere to a strict code of conduct. Notice the cobblestone street in front of the dormitory.
An internal view of the rheumatic heart disease ward at the Lymanhurst Pediatric Hospital and School, which operated from 1914-1926 as a branch of the Minneapolis General Hospital.