An external view of a cottage at Hopewell Hospital, Minneapolis City Hospital's quarantine hospital and tuberculosis sanatorium. It operated from 1907-1924 and was later renamed Parkview Sanatorium.
The medical and nursing staff of The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis are posed in front of their horse drawn ambulance. The nurses on each end wearing striped blouses are nursing students. It was common during this era for nursing students to supply the bulk of nursing care in hospitals.
Approximately 40 students listening to an anatomy lecture delivered by Dr. Andrew Soderlind at The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis. Two nursing instructors are seated at the front of the classroom.
A student from The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing is shown applying drops of ether to induce anesthesia during an operation at the hospital. Administering ether to a patient was a delicate art -- too much ether could be fatal.
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.
This photograph shows patient beds in the Lower Flat South unit of the St. Peter State Hospital. The year 1920 has been written on the reverse side of the photo.
Exterior view of Bethany Hospital. Five women are grouped on the front porch. Ella Oftedahl Winger is seated in the center of the group in a white dress.
This photograph shows the Center building and the South Flats at the St. Peter State Hospital. The Center building was the first building that was constructed at the hospital. It appears in the center of the photo.
This photograph shows the east front of the Center building at the St. Peter State Hospital. This was the first building that was constructed on the hospital grounds.
This photograph shows Charles Anderson with his bicycle at the St. Peter State Hospital. Charles was employed as a cook at the Asylum for Dangerous Insane.