ca. 1927. Furnace at St. Joseph's Hospital for Harre & Farrell, Engineers. (Argentum)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Furnaces--Tacoma--1920-1930;

National Hospital Day was celebrated on May 11, 1941. In honor of the day, St. Joseph held a drawing. The names of all infants in the hospital and those who were born at St. Jo's and visited on the 11th were entered in a drawing. One boy and one girl each won a bank account with $10.00. (T. Times 5/12/1941, pg. 1)

St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma);

Christmas display of the Nativity located on the front lawn of St. Joseph's Hospital, at So. 19th & "I" St. The figures appear to be wooden cutouts painted in a highly romanticized style. In the scene, the shepherds bow before the baby Jesus, who is lying in Mary's arms. The nativity was constructed, painted and arranged by Harold Johnson, of the hospital utility crew, on his own time. Characters in the scene are the Virgin Mary, Baby Jesus, Joseph, three shepherds, the innkeeper's wife and her small son. (T. Times 12/25/1940, pg. 1)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Creches (Nativity scenes); Christmas decorations;

ca. 1979. View of the back portion of the old St. Joseph's Hospital, 1812 So. I St., circa 1979. The hospital was built in 1914 and demolished in 1982. The photograph is taken through a chain link fence, topped with barb wire, and includes a view of the emergency vehicles.

St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. The J St. Standpipe, circa 1979, part of the Tacoma Department of Public Utilities Water Division. The standpipe was completed in 1890 and is located near St. Joseph Hospital.

Water towers--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma); J Street Standpipe (Tacoma);

Tacoma hospitals observed National Hospital Day on Friday May 12, 1944.This photograph, taken in the surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital shows (l to r) Mrs. Darlene St. Onge, supervisor of surgery, U.S. Cadet Nurse Patricia Richards, Dr. R. Merrick, U.S. Cadet Nurse Eldoris Miller and Lucille Edwards. Tacoma General and St. Joseph's were both learning hospitals for enrollees in the U.S. Nurse Cadet Corps. On Saturday May 13, 1944, seventy six cadet nurses at St. Joseph's took the induction pledge at a ceremony held in the St. Leo's High School auditorium. (T. Times, 5/11/44, p. 1).

Operating rooms--Tacoma; Medical personnel--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Cadet Nurse Corps (Tacoma);

St. Joseph's Hospital and School of Nursing had 23 first year students going through the capping ceremony in 1949. Two were male students. St. Joseph's had one of the best nursing programs in Washington. View of Sister Mary Jane, O.S.F. hospital administrator, awarding St. Joseph's Nursing School insignia to Harold Dilly (left) and William Adams (T. Times, 3/7/49, p. 2). TPL-8820

Medical students--Tacoma; Medical education--Tacoma; Nurses--Tacoma; Nursing--Tacoma; Nuns--Tacoma; Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma);

Canceling a concert at Tacoma's Temple Theater, Paul Robeson, singer and actor, is hospitalized for several days with laryngitis at St. Joseph's Hospital in March, 1943. To pass the time, Robeson engages in a game of chess with nurse Thressa Tien. Robeson was known for his bass-baritone voice in interpreting Negro spirituals and for the roles he played as a stage actor including "Showboat" and "All God's Chillun Got Wings." Following World War II, he became a political activist supporting socialism and black civil rights. (T. Times, 3-20-43, p. 1). ALBUM 8.

Singers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976; African Americans--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tien, Thressa; Hospitals--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Chess;

Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima in St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Joseph's School of Nursing, Sister Marie Geralds. The "Pilgrim Virgin" statue of Our Lady of Fatima traveled across America on its "Crusade for Peace". The statue is seen on the left of the altar surrounded by calla lilies in this photograph dated May 28, 1949. Many children are seen in the pews and standing. Two different orders of nuns are seen seated in the left foreground and to the right of the central aisle. (TNT, 5/27/1949, p.11)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Fatima, Our Lady of; Sculpture--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma; Pews--Tacoma; Religious articles; Nuns--Tacoma;

St. Joseph's graduating nursing students would recite the Florence Nightingale pledge, they would then receive their diplomas and hospital pins inscribed with St. Joseph's nursing motto" "Non Nobis Solum", Not to us, but to God, give the glory. View of nursing students using their medical procedures on dummy patients, these students are either second or third year students.

Medical equipment & supplies; Heads (Anatomy); Nurses--Tacoma; Nursing--Tacoma; Medical education--Tacoma; Medical students--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); St. Joseph's Hospital Nurses Home (Tacoma);

St. Joseph's School of Nursing classes met six days per week, students had one alternating day off per week. The first year students received four weeks of vacation, the second and third year students received three weeks of vacation. Students could transfer to Seattle College, once they successfully completed their initial 3 year program, transferring enables the students to receive a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. View of nursing students participating in surgery procedures in the operating room at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Medical equipment & supplies; Nurses--Tacoma; Nursing--Tacoma; Medical education--Tacoma; Medical students--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); St. Joseph's Hospital Nurses Home (Tacoma);

This was an operating room in the (old) St. Joseph Hospital where masked and garbed doctors and nurses were preparing for a surgical procedure in August of 1960. The operating room is fully equipped with a multitude of surgical tools, cannisters containing oxygen and bright lighting. The room was heated by the radiators on the left. Built at 1812 South" I" Street in 1914, the hospital was demolished in 1982. By then, a new St. Joseph Hospital had been erected and was operational at 1718 So. "I."

Operating rooms--Tacoma; Medical personnel--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Printed on front: St. Joseph's Hospital, Tacoma, Wash.

ca. 1926. Part of the training school class at St. Joseph's Hospital, circa 1926.

Nurses--Tacoma; Nursing--Tacoma; Nuns--Tacoma; Medical students--Tacoma; Medical education--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma);

Crowds of parents holding their babies wait in line to participate in the baby boy and baby girl contest at St. Josephs Hospital on National Hospital Day. All children who were born at the hospital and visited on this day were entered in a drawing. The winning boy and girl received a bank account with $10.00 in deposits. (T. times 5/12/1941, pg. 1)

St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma);

Three young misses stare balefully to the side of the cameraman, clearly not pleased to participate in the baby girl contest at St. Josephs Hospital. In honor of National Hospital Day, all infants who were born at the hospital and returned to visit on this day were entered in a drawing for a $10 bank account. None of these young misses won. (T. Times 5/12/1941, pg. 1)

St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma);

Five men in business suits gather around a table cutting a cake with a single large candle, celebrating St. Joseph Hospital's 50th anniversary. A three day celebration was scheduled for October 9-11, 1941. The hospital was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis and had progressed from 10 beds to a 300 bed institution. It had received a Class "A" rating since 1919. (T. Times 10/8/1941, pg. 20)

St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Born at 3:48 a.m. on May 11, 1941, baby Irene Merle Gendreau became the first baby born at St. Joseph Hospital on National Hospital Day. She received a five dollar bank account opened in her name. Unaware of all this high finance, she rested quietly between Nurse Margaret McConnell and her mother, Mrs. Joseph Gendreau of Puyallup. (T. Times 5/12/1941, pg. 1)

Infants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Gendreau, Joseph--Family; Gendreau, Irene Merle;

St. Joseph Hospital held a Multiple sclerosis clinic in November, 1951, perhaps sponsored by the Catholic Northwest Progress newspaper. The man in the pinstriped suit with clipboard is believed to be Dr. Hinton Jonez, prominent Tacoma physician, who was speaking to a large group of men and women, some of whom are in wheelchairs. Dr. Jonez would be the medical director of the new Multiple sclerosis clinic at St. Joseph Hospital in 1952.

Multiple sclerosis; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Handicapped persons--Tacoma; Wheelchairs;

Paul Robeson at St. Joseph's Hospital, March, 1943. The Singer/Actor smiles while getting up from a hospital bed. Hospitalized due to laryngitis, the famous baritone was sorry to delay his concert appearance in Tacoma. He appreciated the city's informality and remarked that he would not mind relocating here permanently. His son, Paul, Jr., had expressed interest in attending a western university, preferably the University of Washington. (T. Times, 3-20-43, p. 1)

Singers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976; African Americans--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hospitals--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma);

Exterior of St. Joseph Hospital. The St. Joseph Hospital had a long history in serving the Tacoma population. It was first established in 1891 by the Sisters of St. Francis, Philadelphia Foundation. The original building became the nurses residence. Built and designed by architect P.A. Baillargeon at a cost of $400,000,the new brick hospital was dedicated on August 22, 1915. A north wing was added on in 1927. St. Joseph's was well known for its excellent nursing program. This stately building was demolished in 1982; a new 14 million dollar St. Joseph Hospital opened next to the former site in 1975. (Martin: Tacoma, A Pictorial History, p. 120)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1979. Rear of the old St. Joseph's Hospital, 1812 So. I St., circa 1979.

St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Rear of the old St. Joseph's Hospital, 1812 So. I St., circa 1979.

St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Printed on front: St. Joseph's Hospital, Tacoma, Wash.