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A-841
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- 1925 (Creation)
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ca. 1925. Miss Minnie V. Hill, Superintendent of Nurses at Tacoma General, poses at the hospital with C.J. Cummings, Superintendent of T.G. This photograph ran in the News Tribune with an article on the observation of National Hospital Day. All city and county hospitals were observing Hospital Day on May 12th, the 105th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Cummings was the national chairman of the event, supervising celebrations in the U.S., Canada and the British Isles. Miss Hill was the chairman for Tacoma and Pierce County. Local hospitals would be holding open houses and tours, explaining hospital appliances and methods. (TNT 5/12/1925, pg. 15) (WSHS- negative A841-0)
Nurses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Hill, Minnie; Cummings, C.J.;