Tacoma General Hospital. Six women having afternoon tea. (filed with Argentum)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Tea parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On Friday evening, January 8, 1937, twenty five students in the Tacoma General nursing program took the first step toward graduating as nurses. The women are lined up preceding their "capping ceremony." The ceremony signifies that they have completed a probationary period of study and have been accepted as student nurses. The procession in the nurse's home at the hospital is being led by Miss Sutherling, head of the education department, and her assistant, Miss Harvey, in capes and caps. The students carry lighted candles, a symbol of the light they will bring to others, in honor of Florence Nightingale, "The Lady with the Lamp" and the founder of modern nursing. The students will receive their full graduation honors in May of 1939. (TNT 1/8/1937, pg. 2; TDL 1/8/1937, pg. 4- names in caption) (filed with Argentum)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On Friday evening, January 8, 1937, twenty five students in the Tacoma General Hospital nursing program took their first step toward graduating as nurses. The women received their caps, signifying that they had completed the preliminary four month basic course in theory and practice. The caps were presented by Laura Gibson (far left), Director of Nurses, in a ceremony held in the nurses' home at the hospital. The students will receive their full graduation honors when they complete their studies in May of 1939. (TNT 1/8/1937, pg. 2)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing (Tacoma); Gibson, Laura;

ca. 1936. Switchboard operator at Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936. To the right in the picture is the illuminated board invented by hospital superintendent C.J. Cummings. Listed on the board was each doctor at the hospital and to the right of the name was a light and a switch. When a doctor entered the building, he switched on the light next to his name, letting everyone know that he was in the building. (filed with Argentum) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Switchboards--Tacoma--1930-1940; Telephone operators--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Exterior view of Tacoma General Hospital, intersection of 4th Street and K Street. Building constructed in 1915 and designed by Heath and Gove, architects. The east wing, behind the main hospital, was added in 1926. The hospital originated in 1882 as the Fannie C. Paddock Hospital at 2511 No. Starr St. It is Tacoma's oldest continuously operating hospital.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

Pediatric ward at Tacoma General Hospital in September of 1939. Three children in a hospital ward. The infant in crib has a child in a bed on either side. The beds are divided by what appear to be partitions with large panes of glass and curtains. A chair for a visitor is tucked beside each bed with the seat underneath the bed. The boy on the right has something cylinder shaped over his lower body, holding up the sheet. (filed with Argentum)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

Tacoma General Hospital. Women working in pathology and clinical laboratories. Ordered by Clarence J. Cummings, hospital Superintendent. (filed with Argentum) see also D8155 images 1, 4

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Laboratories--1930-1940;

In February of 1940, when this photograph was taken, the Tacoma General Hospital at 315 K Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) still looked much as it did when it opened in August of 1915. Since then it has undergone numerous changes including major additions in 1964, 1977 and 1982. Founded as the Fannie C. Paddock Hospital in 1882, Tacoma General is the oldest, continually operating hospital in Pierce County.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

Mr. Clarence J. Cummings, superintendent of Tacoma General Hospital, and Mrs. Emily L. Loveridge pose in front of the hospital. On September 10, 1940, Mr. Cummings announced his retirement from the position he had held since 1918.

Cummings, Clarence J.; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Loveridge, Emily L.;

Tacoma General Hospital. Women working in pathology and clinical laboratories. Ordered by Clarence J. Cummings, Superintendent. See also A8155 image 2.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Laboratories--1930-1940;

Tacoma General Hospital. Women working in pathology and clinical laboratories. Ordered by Clarence J. Cummings, Superintendent.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Laboratories--1930-1940;

Mid April 1937, Tacoma General Hospital bested their old record when 37 babies were born there in one week. Eighteen of the little ones posed for this picture from inside their glassed-in ward. Student nurse Maxine Balschley, left, held two of her charges up for the camera while Lorraine Greenough, supervisor of the maternity ward, held two more. The usual bundle production in a week at the hospital was 20-25. There were no multiple births in the week's bumper crop. (T.Times 4/15/1937, pg. 1) (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Infants; Maternity hospitals (Tacoma); Balschley, Maxine; Greenough, Lorraine;

Blood Bank at Tacoma General Hospital; publicity for the War Chest. A young patient is either donating blood or receiving a blood donation. World War II saw the first wide use of blood banks, due to advancements in the technology of storing blood supplies.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Blood donations; Blood transfusions;

Blood Bank at Tacoma General Hospital; Publicity for War Chest. The American Red Cross has set up a desk where civilians can register to donate blood. In 1941, the American Red Cross organized the first civilian blood donor service to collect plasma for the military troops.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Blood donations; Blood transfusions; American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma);

Blood Bank at Tacoma General Hospital; publicity for War Chest. Two nurses appear to be working in the lab at Tacoma General's blood bank. Recent technological advances in the field of plasma storage had allowed blood banks to flourish.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Blood donations; Blood; Blood testing;

ca. 1943. Haley twins at Tacoma General Hospital. Nell Haley beams as she holds her twin boys Jonathan and David in her lap shortly after their birth. Her husband, Frank H. Haley and daughter Janet, express their pride. Frank Haley was the son of one of Brown & Haley's founders, J.C. Haley. Also see D15512-1. (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Haley, Frank; Haley, Frank--Family; Haley, Nell; Haley, Janet; Haley, Jonathan; Haley, David; Families--Tacoma--1940-1950; Twins; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

Tacoma General Hospital annual pictures. Four men and one woman in their uniforms. The woman is wearing a special cap with a dark stripe near the edge. She holds hands with one of the men.

Group portraits--1940-1950; Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Medical personnel;

Tacoma General Nurse's capping. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing was the first to be established in Washington state as fully accredited by state board of nurse examiners. Here we see U.S. cadet nurses at their capping ceremony.

Nurses--Tacoma; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

This October 11, 1950, photograph of a man in a hospital bed, nurse and patient with neck/jaw brace playing cards was apparently taken as part of a series by the Richards Studio. Names of the individuals were not provided. At the same time, Norman G. ("Jake") Jacobson, chief forester for the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., was in Tacoma General recovering from an illness. According to the News Tribune article of October 13th, Mr. Jacobson was given the first two Douglas fir seedlings of the year to be planted at the St. Paul & Tacoma Tree Farm. Photograph ordered by James Stevens, West Coast Lumberman's Association with studio notes indicating Mr. Jacobson at Tacoma General Hospital. (Neither man in this picture was Mr. Jacobson) (TNT 10-13-50, A-9-article)

Card games--Tacoma; Sick persons; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1950-1960; Nurses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Charlotte Cunningham, head nurse at the Tacoma General Hospital's nursery, holds the brand new daughter of Ben and Marian Cheney on December 9, 1955. Baby Piper is swaddled in a warm blanket and has her eyes closed. Sepia photograph ordered by Cheney Lumber Co.

Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971--Family; Cheney, Piper; Cunningham, Charlotte; Infants--Tacoma--1950-1960; Nurses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior Tacoma General Hospital. The Tacoma General Hospital has had a long history of service to the local community. Built in 1914 by J.E. Bonnell contractors and designed by Heath & Gove, the multi-storied hospital now at 315 Martin Luther King Jr Way has undergone many changes. First named after Fannie Paddock, wife of Episopal Bishop John Paddock, the hospital was first built on North Starr St., the second Fannie Paddock hospital was located on South "J" and finally had its name changed to Tacoma General in 1912 along with a new hospital. New wings were added in subsequent years. View of then "K" Street entrance to Tacoma General was taken in October, 1954. (Martin: Tacoma: A Pictorial History, p. 29)

Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Mayor Ben Hanson presented Dr. Saburo Tomita, director of the Kokura, Japan, Hospital, with a key to the city on September 28, 1961, in front of Tacoma General Hospital. Kokura is Tacoma's sister city. Dr. Tomita delivered a letter of greeting and gift from Kokura Mayor Nobuo Hayashi and in return, received a key to the city from Mayor Hanson. From L-R are Sylvia Sass and Dr. David H. Johnson of the Sister City Committee, Dr. Tomita, Dr. Sumiho Wada, Mayor Hanson and Thomas Takemura. Dr. Tomita had toured Tacoma General the previous day and had visited Mountain View General Hospital on the 28th. (TNT 9-28-61)

Hanson, Ben; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tomita, Saburo; Foreign visitors--Japan; Keys (Hardware); Sass, Sylvia; Johnson, David H.; Wada, Sumiho; Takemura, Thomas;

Blood Bank at Tacoma General Hospital; Publicity for War Chest. Two uniformed women and a Red Cross nurse are photographed at the TG Blood Bank in July of 1942. The women are possibly drivers for the Red Cross Motor Corps which was used to transport blood stores from one location to the next.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma);

Mrs. Emily L. Loveridge at Tacoma General Hospital.

Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Loveridge, Emily L.;

Red Cross Nurse's Aides capping, Tacoma General Hospital. These eighteen women are proud new additions to the Red Cross Volunteer Nurses' Aide Corps. They have completed 80 hours of preliminary training, half on the hospital floor and half in lectures, and are receiving their caps and pins. They will now give 150 hours of service a year voluntarily assisting graduate nurses in the wards of local hospitals. Standing, left to right, are Mrs. Armand Marion, Mrs. Charles Goodwin, Mrs Richard Zeigan, Mrs. Richard Ginnold, Mrs. T. Leonard Richards, Miss Shirley Cornell and Mrs. Hiram Hubbard. Seated- Mrs. Ivan Chaplen, Mrs. Edward Bundy, Mrs. Charles Ingram, Mrs. Evan Feckling, Mrs. Richard Clevinger and Mrs. Ernest F. Goodner. (TNT 3/4/1943, pg. 18)

Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950; American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma);

Tacoma General Hospital annual pictures. Four men wearing white uniforms.

Group portraits--1940-1950; Medical Personnel; Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

Times Tacoma General & St. Joseph's U. S. Cadet Nurses. National Hospital Day was honored with the theme "Hospitals in the Third War Year". Tacoma General has participated in the training of U. S. Nurse Cadets. View of U. S. Cadet Nurses at Tacoma General during instruction period (T. Times, 5/11/44, p. 1).

Mannequins; Nurses--Tacoma; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Cadet Nurse Corps (Tacoma);

A group of ten doctors and nurses pose on the lawn outside of the hospital for a photograph for Tacoma General Hospital's annual yearbook.

Medical personnel--Tacoma; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);