This scrapbook includes photographs and archival material and handmade invitations related to the Concordia Society, a benevolent women's society organized October 17, 1901, at the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis. The Concordia Society was primarily dedicated to providing free beds and other services to persons in need of medical care. The Swedish Hospital was run by and for Swedish immigrants.
This scrapbook includes photographs and archival material related to the Concordia Society of the Swedish Hospital. This book received the 1974 award of the Minnesota Hospital Association for the Best Historical Book of the Year. The Concordia Society was a benevolent women's society organized October 17, 1901, at the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis. The Concordia Society was primarily dedicated to providing free beds and other services to persons in need of medical care. The Swedish Hospital was run by and for Swedish immigrants.
Surgery Room B at The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. The large window would have allowed an ample supply of natural light to illuminate the room during a surgery.
Fully dressed patients are shown reading in bed at Hopewell Hospital, Minneapolis City Hospital's quarantine hospital and tuberculosis sanatorium. The hospital operated from 1907-1924 and was later renamed the Parkview Sanatorium.
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.
1963 architectural plans of Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
1963 architectural plans of Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
1963 architectural plans of Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plan of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
The 1963 architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus, showing the diversity of hospital buildings built over a half-century. This plan precedes the hospital's 1964 transition from city to county governance.
Side view of the original Swedish Hospital building in Minneapolis. The ambulance entrance on the right hand side is constructed for carriages. This building was replaced with a larger, more modern building in the late 1920s.
Large sitting room in the nurses' home of The Swedish Hospital, Minneapolis. The nurses would have come to this large room to write letters, socialize and read.
An internal view of a two bed patient room in the Minneapolis City Hospital's Contagion Building; the bathroom is visible through the door on the right.
Patients are shown taking an open-air treatment on the lawn of Minneapolis City Hospital's Hopewell Hospital. This quarantine hospital and tuberculosis sanatorium operated from 1907-192 and was later renamed Parkview Sanatorium.
Student nurses dining in the B Building of The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. Each table sat approximately 18 nurses. Meals were served family style. Nursing and medical staff can be seen dining in the alcove area of the adjoining room.
An external view of the Minneapolis General Hospital viewed from corner of 7th Avenue South and 5th Street; the administration building and nurses home are shown.
An external view of the Minneapolis General Hospital viewed from corner of 6th Avenue South and 6th Street; the nurses home, administration building, and Contagious Building are shown.