An aerial view of the garden at Elliot Park in downtown Minneapolis as seen from the upper floors of The Swedish Hospital. A decade earlier this park was still pasture land at the Elliot Farm.
An internal view of the toilet room at the Lymanhurst Pediatric Hospital and School, which operated from 1914-1926 as a branch of Minneapolis General Hospital.
Exterior view of The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. It may appear to be three buildings, but the three separate areas are different wings of the hospital connected by a main corridor. Notice the stained glass window on the bottom level of the first wing. This was most likely a window in a public reception room. Carriage posts line the street in front of the hospital.
A wheelchair bound pediatric patient is shown "taking the air" at The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. Fresh air and sunshine were believed to be a beneficial healing component for many illnesses at this time, most notably tuberculosis.
The sun porch in the Farr Pavilion at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis. A student nurse attends to a pediatric patient in the far corner. The plants and ample sunlight coupled with fresh air were believed to be health inducing.
Large group of students from The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis are pictured during their operating room rotation. The second nurse from the right is most likely holding iodine to use as a disinfectant.
Exterior view of two buildings used by St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis. The large home on the left was eventually used as a nurses' residence when a larger, more modern hospital was constructed.
Exterior view of St. Barnabas Hospital in downtown Minneapolis. This photograph is pasted in a scrapbook prepared by a member of the St. Barnabas Hospital School of Nursing class of 1912. A photograph of the student is visible in the upper right hand corner.
The staff physician's dining room at The Swedish Hospital, Minneapolis. The linen tablecloth, fresh flowers and crystal on the sideboard were special features not seen in the nurses' dining room.
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 the shower room at the Lymanhurst Pediatric Hospital and School, which operated from 1914-1926 as a branch of the Minneapolis General Hospital.
An internal view of the school room at the Lymanhurst Pediatric Hospital and School, which operated from 1914-1926 as a branch of Minneapolis General Hospital.
Street view of the Pavilion Building of The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. A nursing student is relaxing on the front porch. The building was constructed in 1906 and later became the Wellesmere Nursing Residence for The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing.
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.