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315 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, TACOMA

  • 8 images. Tacoma General Hospital Heath & Gove, arch. J.E. Bonnell, contr. -six stories -plans at TPL -formerly Fannie C. Paddock Hospital, established in 1882 at 2511 No. Starr St., new bldg. opened at 312 So. J St. in 1888 -east wing added in 1925 -other major additions in 1964,1977,1982 -nurses home built in 1945 at 314 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY SEE ALSO: 2511 NO. STARR ST., 312 SO. J ST., 314 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY, 302 SO. I ST. SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File TDL 1/14/1912 p.29 $100,000 hospital unit to be built TDL 7/14/1912 p.7 Fannie C. Paddock now Tacoma General TDL 7/12/1914 p.24 Award contract for big hospital TDL 7/26/1914 p.24 Work on hospital is now under way p.32 Campaign to aid in hospital work TDL 8/16/1914 p.28 Finish excavation for new hospital TDL 9/6/1914 p.24 (sketch) TDL 11/1/1914 p.28 General Hospital work progressing TDL 3/7/1915 p.19 Tacoma General will equal best TDL 3/14/1915 p.28 (il under construction) TDL 5/9/1915 p.28 (il under construction) TDL 8/18/1915 p.1 Hospital opening next Wednesday TDL 8/22/1915 p.24 (il) TDL 8/26/1915 p.2 Fine new hospital opened to public TDL 5/7/1916 p.1 (il of maternity dept.) p.33 (il of hospital and staff) TNL 8/27/1916 p.1 Clad in hospital "benney", rushes out to preach sermon TNL 11/5/1916 p.28 New building for nurses at Tacoma General (il) TNL 12/3/1916 p.36 (il) T.Tribune 12/3/1916 p.20 (il) T.Tribune 12/31/1916 p.5 (interior il of new nurses home) TNL 5/5/1918 p.A13 $4,000 addition to hospital TDL 3/23/1919 p.B5 (laundry by J.E. Bonnell, contr.) TDL 5/6/1923 p.E8 (il) TDL 6/19/1925 p.1 Hospital will build addition (hard copy only) TDL 9/6/1925 p.E8 Hospital addition assumes outline (Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, arch. and J.E. Bonnell & Son, contr.) TDL 10/18/1925 p.E10 Hospital addition now under construction (sketch) TDL 4/4/1926 p.E10 New construction at hospital progresses (il) TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec. p.3 (il) TNT 9/14/1934 Pioneer nurse taken by death; only man to graduate atTacoma General Hospital dies TNT 6/9/1937 Hospital has long history of service (il) TNT 7/1/1940 p.B8 (il) TNT 4/22/1941 p.1 Open crime laboratory TNT 9/20/1942 p.A1 Banker autographs baby footprints; veteran president to mark milestone ... (il) TNT 8/17/1944 p.1 109 year old $10 bill is found by Tacoman TNT 4/9/1947 p.1 Gypsy band faithful as leader lies in hospital TNT 4/10/1947 p.1 Gypsies quit hospital, but only temporarily TNT 2/24/1952 p.A11 He labors in two gardens (il of grounds keeper Alfred Harry Downton) TNT 3/7/1952 p.C12 New wing at hospital TNT 4/7/1953 p.C2 (il) TNT 12/7/1958 p.A14 Hospital improvements planned (addition by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) (sketch) TNT 5/10/1959 p.A12 Hospital staff cites shortage of bed space; TG hall serves as a lab (interior il) TNT 5/21/1959 p.C7 TG's plans for annex revealed TNT 5/24/1959 p.B6 Tacoma General's last addition was in 1926 (interior il of surgical suite) TNT 3/2/1960 p.C16 City planners OK vacation of street area (So. 3rd St.) TNT 5/13/1960 p.A9 Gardener honored at TG event (Alfred H. "Harry" Downton) TNT 5/17/1960 p.A16 Vacation approved TNT 9/3/1960 p.1 Bids called for hospital expansion (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) (sketch) TNT 11/11/1960 p.36 TG addition on permit list TNT 12/11/1960 p.A20 Tacoma General Hospital will start $3,000,000 building program (sketch) TNT 12/15/1960 p.A7 TGH to break ground ... TNT 12/17/1960 p.2 Ground broken for new hospital wing (Macdonald Bldg. Co., contr.) (il) TNT 11/22/1961 p.1,15 Fire damages TG Hospital laundry plant (il) TNT 4/26/1962 p.A11 ... new temporary entrance (sketch) TNT 9/2/1962 p.A1 Tacoma General gets green light to train resident pathologists as "crime doctors" (Dr. Charles P. Larson to teach course in forensic pathology) TNT 9/19/1962 p.B7 New laundry completed, in service at TG (interior il) TNT 10/28/1962 p.A8 ... approved for fallout shelters TNT 11/25/1962 p.A19 Wings change Tacoma General block (il of new surgery and nursing wings under construction) TNT 3/3/1963 p.A15 Tacoma General move begins (interior il) TNT 5/16/1963 p.B4 Public invited to view new wing at TG (interior il of nursing wing) TNT 2/5/1964 p.B2 Hospital to dedicate facility TNT 4/19/1964 p.A6 Nathan J. Stark to be speaker at dedication TNT 4/27/1964 p.C1-C10 (Dedication Ceremony Special Suppl.) (new wings by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. and Macdonald Bldg. Co., contr.) (il) TNT 4/29/1964 p.A1New wing dedicated at Tacoma General (il) TNt 4/19/1965 p.1 Possibility of arson probed in hospital fire (il) TNT 4/28/1965 p.B7 Hospital's fire still puzzle to department TNT 9/7/1965 p.24 Hospital fire cause hunted TNT 8/21/1966 p.C20 Tacoma General Hospital and surroundings (aerial il) TNT 3/31/1967 p.D7 Prisoner flees while in hospital TNT 4/28/1967 p.C19 TGH to add 2 floors at million cost TNT 3/3/1968 p.A6 Heart-care center to be opened here TNT 4/6/1968 p.1 Thief cleans hospital of dope supply TNT 8/15/1969 p.C19 Woman dies in jump at hospital TNT 11/26/1969 p.15 Tacoma General Hospital plans $25 million expansion program (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) TNT 4/23/1971 p.A1,A4 TG announces multimillion building plan (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) (sketch) TNT 9/12/1972 TGH project ready to start TNT 1/26/1973 TG awards first contract in major medical complex (Absher Construction Co., contr. for General Services Bldg.) (sketch) TNT 2/16/1973 TG hospital started T.Review 11/21/1973 Tacoma General building radiation therapy addition (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. and Macdonald Bldg. Co., contr.) TNT 3/3/1974 TGH expansion starts April 1 (sketch) TNT 6/4/1974 TG given go-ahead on addition TNT 3/3/1975 TGH construction to start (patient-care pavilion by Sidmore, Owings & Merrill, arch. and Hoffman Construction Co., contr.) (sketch) TNT 4/16/1975 Old TG nurses' home plaque sorely missing TNT 8/17/1975 $3.9 million office building planned at Tacoma General; glass-topped "skybridge" to link planned office building with hospital (sketch) TNT 8/24/1975 Like and expectant father, Tacoma General waits (il of addition under construction) TNT 2/18/1976 p.D8 TG facility ceremony set ("topping-out" ceremony for addition) TNT 9/12/1976 p.A12 TG nears 100,000 mark (births) TNT 9/30/1976 TG cancer unit gets state OK TNT 2/13/1977 (Special Patient Care Pavilion Dedication Section) (il) TNT 2/21/1977 ... facility called "most remarkable" (il) TNT 5/19/1977 TGH dedicates lounge honoring Dr. (Arthur P.) Wickstrom TNT 9/25/1977 p.A3 Oncology ... dedicate cancer center TNT 1/4/1979 Chomp! Crunchy! Crash! (old office bldg. facing Division Ave. being demolished to make way for office bldg.) (il) TNT 10/17/1979 Hospital consolidation OKd TNT 7/17/1980 Consolidated hospitals announce big expansion plans (sketch) TNT 12/17/1981 Tacoma General's centennial observance starting tomorrow (il) TNT 2/23/1982 Work started on $27 million hospital addition (B Wing to be demolished to make way for new Centennial Pavilion by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, arch. and Hoffman Construction Co., contr.) (il of demolition) TNT 2/24/1982 p.D6 Hospital of future to emerge from TG expansion project (sketch) TNT 3/12/1982 p.A5 TGH centennial statue unveiling set Saturday ("The Second Touch" by artist Larry Anderson) TNT 4/28/1982 TG culminating centennial observance with party TNT 9/12/1982 p.H1 Hospital construction boosts local economy (il of addition under construction) TNT 10/30/1982 Tree tops Tacoma General (il of addition under construction) TNT 12/27/1982 p.A20 ... new hospice unit due to accept first terminally ill patients TNT 6/26/1983 p.D7 ... expansion in satisfactory condition (il of addition under construction) TNT 8/22/1989 Multicare plans to build burner for medical waste TNT 8/27/1999 p.B1 Hospital room to get a bit brighter (fund-raiser for the Norma Bretana Room in the cancer ward) TNT 6/26/2001 p.D1 Handy boutique (Mom & Baby Boutique opens in bldg.) TNT 6/15/2002 p.E1 Coming up roses; Gardens of Tacoma Tour ... (il of E.V. Baker Rose Garden) TNT 9/21/2002 p.D1 Major addition to be built at TGH by mid-2004 TNT 10/28/2002 p.A1 Tacoma hospitals to grow TNT 3/6/2003 p.D1 Onward, upward at Tacoma General (four story addition by Giffen Bolte Jurgens of Portland, arch. and Skansa of Seattle, contr.) (il under construction) TNT 12/9/2003 p.D1 A hospital built for the future (interior il of new surgical suites under construction) TNT 6/4/2004 p.D1 Tacoma MultiCare's new baby (interior il of new surgical, heart and vascular center) T.Weekly 7/15/2004 MultiCare cafeteria is a surprising culinary find TNT 3/7/2007 p.D1 Nine-story stacks next to park? (proposed new boiler plant) T.Weekly 3/22/2007 p.A1 Multicare making the rounds with steam plant plans (sketch) TNT 5/17/2007 p.B1 "Friend of MultiCare" wants boiler plant built elsewhere T.Weekly 9/6/2007 p.A1 MultiCare, residents reach compromise on boiler facility design (Giffin Bolte Jurgens Architects of Portland, arch.) (sketch) TNT 9/13/2007 p.B1 We'll be looking at bad designs for years to come (editorial on planned steam plant) TNT 6/3/2008 p.D1 An emergency room emerges (il of expanded emergency dept. under construction) TNT 11/18/2008 p.D1 A hospital with a heart ... cardiac services under one roof T. Weekly 4/2/2009 p.A1 Full steam ahead; new MultiCare plant welcomed to Wright Park Neighborhood (il,interior il) Business Examiner 4/13/2009 p.13 Birth of co-located ER set to deliver; Mary Bridge, Tacoma General will jointly operate expanded facility (il) TNT 1/8/2010 p.A8 Hospital names wing for philanthropist (L Wing renamed the Philip Pavilion in honor of W.W. "Bill" Philip) TNT 3/15/2010 p.A3 Cancer care, all in one spot (interior il of new Milgard Pavilion Cancer Care Center) TNT 3/26/2010 Celebrate our grand opening (special Milgard Pavilion section) (il) TNT 4/10/2010 p.A1 ER? This could be the Ritz ... new emergency facility ... (interior il) TNT 4/18/2010 p.B1 Multicare opens chapel Iinterior il of Simon Chapel, named in honor of Philip & Snookey Simon and Norman & Barbara Simon of Temple Beth El) (GBJ Architecture of Portland, arch.) TNT 12/18/2010 p.A4 Tacoma General doubles trauma care space TNT 7/10/2012 p.A10 Upgrades taking shape of MultiCare (new neonatal intensive care unit by HDR, Inc., arch. and Sellen Construction Co., contr.) (il) TNT 1/16/2014 p.A8 Celebrate our grand opening! (il of Rainier Pavilion addition) TNT 2/4/2014 p.A12 Tacoma General expansion features rooms with park views (interior il of Rainier Pavilion) TNT 3/5/2014 p.A1 22 special deliveries ... hospital relocates Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as part of $19 million expansion (interior il) TNT 5/12/2016 p.A5 Lost snake (python) falls from ceiling at Tacoma General 362 W28C (short history,il) 363.37 T1420 p.138 (account of fire on 4/18/1965) 720.28 Su87A 979.7 W28A April 1928 (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.II opp. p.120 (il) 979.7788 M175TA p.58-60 (il)
  • Year Built: 1914
  • Decade Built: 1910s

492-2A

ca. 1934. Tacoma General Hospital (Fannie C. Paddock Memorial), Class of 1934. Group of graduating nurses. (Argentum)


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

647-1

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital, ca. 1933; therapeutic pool inside the hospital. In August of 1929, the physiotherapy department opened a swimming pool for children suffering from infantile paralysis (polio.) The tiled pool was 10 foot by 9 foot and thirty to forty inches deep. Water temperature was maintained between 92 and 94 degrees. The overhead track had ropes and springs that supported the children while in the water. Nurses and assistants were photographed helping children with treatment in the pool. Physical therapy was often performed in a warm water pool to reduce the strain on muscles. (WSHS) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)


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

647-10

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing. View of classroom. In 1933, Tacoma General offered a three year course of study; on completion, students would be registered nurses (R.N.) The school was established in 1895, and closed in 1980. The school graduated 2200 nurses during its years of operation. (WSHS)


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

647-11

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing empty classroom, circa 1933. The Tacoma General school of nursing was established in 1895, and closed 85 years later in 1980. (WSHS)


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

647-13

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing. Woman pouring coffee for three nurses seated around a table. The coffee urn has an electric cord plugged into it. (WSHS)


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

647-14

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital. Large room with square columns covered with wood paneling. Rattan chairs and Mission-style rocking chair. (WSHS)


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

647-3

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital; Laboratory circa 1933. Three medical technicians using microscopes and typewriter to examine and record information on lab samples on counter. (WSHS)


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

647-4

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital; Laboratory circa 1933. Beakers and tubes on shelves and counters on laboratory cabinets. (WSHS)


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

647-5

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital. Three nurses using microscopes to view test samples. Glass cabinets filled with beakers and other lab equipment. (WSHS)


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

647-6

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing. Six nurses gathered around upright piano in living quarters. (WSHS)


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

647-7

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital. Nurses preparing food trays in kitchen area. (WSHS)


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

647-8

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital. Four-bed ward. Metal frame beds with neatly folded covers and pillow. Walls and ceiling painted with high-gloss enamel paint. (WSHS)


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

647-9

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1933. Doctor or radiologist and nurses working in X-ray room with patient on table. One piece of equipment has a large dial and the other is a camera and screen mounted on a steel frame. X-rays were accepted as a medical practice in the 1920s. (WSHS)


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

752-10

In April of 1936, two nurses welcome a girl entering the Tacoma General School of Nursing for training. One nurse is shaking the woman's hand. The Tacoma General School of Nursing was established in 1895, and closed 85 years later in 1980. In 1936, the hospital was still recovering from the Depression. It had 126 employees, plus the students. However, hospital usage was up, necessitating the reopening of the north end of the second floor. Plus, the American Nurses' Association had adopted the eight-hour work day in the 1930's, meaning that more trained nurses were now needed. (filed with Argentum) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)


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

752-12

Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing, circa 1936. Seven nurses studying and writing in note books in the library. The hospital ran its own school for nurses from 1895-1980, requiring three years of study to become a Registered Nurse. The hospital benefited from the student nurses, who performed much of the hospital's work as part of their training. (filed with Argentum)


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

752-13

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


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

752-15

ca. 1936. Doctors and attendants in Tacoma General Hospital operating room, circa 1936. Large windows and skylights supplied natural light; which, along with the operating lights, flooded the operating table. Several large tanks, right, supplied oxygen and probably gaseous anesthesia. A curved stand held operating instruments and several bowls sat on stands. By the mid 1930's, the new Heidbrink anesthetic machine and uniform sterilization of instruments and equipment had reached Tacoma. (filed with Argentum)


Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Operating rooms--Tacoma--1930-1940; Surgery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Physicians; Medical personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940;

752-17

Bedroom with twin beds, possibly in the Tacoma General Hospital nurses' quarters, circa 1936. For 85 years, from 1895-1980, Tacoma General ran its own nurse training program. The nurses studied for three years, emerging as Registered Nurses. In its years of operation, Tacoma General graduated 2200 nurses.(filed with Argentum)


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

752-21

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;

752-22

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;

752-23

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 students will receive their full graduation honors when they complete their studies in May of 1939. Photograph of nurses congratulating one another. Left to right, Miss Sutherling congratulates Miss Baskerville, Miss Gibson and Miss Rembert, Miss Timmerman and Miss Phillips, Miss Harvey and Miss Barton, and Miss Pederson is congratulated by Clarence Cummings, superintendent of Tacoma General. (T.Times 1/7/1937, pg.. 4- picture; TNT 1/8/1937, pg. 2) (filed with Argentum)


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

752-24

ca. 1936. Exterior of Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936; front entrance. Tacoma General is Tacoma's oldest continuously operating hospital. It began as the Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital in 1882 at 2511 No. Starr St. As the population grew, a new Fannie Paddock Hospital was opened in 1889 at 312 So. J St. on a plot of land donated by the Tacoma Land Co. In 1912, the name was changed to Tacoma General Hospital in an attempt to help the community identify with the hospital. The building in this photograph opened in 1915 at 315 So. K (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) and has been added on to in 1925, '64, '77 and '82 as the need arose for more beds and services. (filed with Argentum)


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

752-25

ca. 1936. Exterior of Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936. The photograph shows both the original building, front, opened in 1915 and designed by the firm of Heath and Gove., and the 1926 addition. The addition can be seen behind the original building. It is called the East, or "C," Wing. It was designed by the firm of Sutton, Whitney and Dugan. The hospital began its life as the Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital in 1882 on Starr St. It is the oldest continuously operating hospital in the city of Tacoma. (filed with Argentum)


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

752-4

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;

752-7

ca. 1936. Close-up of illuminated register at Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936, invented by hospital superintendent C.J. Cummings. The board, situated at the hospital office, listed all the doctors and could be easily seen by the switchboard operators. There was a small light and a switch to the side of each name, as well as a slot where a message could be inserted. As each doctor entered the building, he switched on his light, letting everyone know that he was in the building. The board was the most modern device of its kind and a great aid in hospital efficiency. (filed with Argentum) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)


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

752-8

ca. 1936. Exterior view of Tacoma General Hospital with an ambulance parked in front, ca. 1936. The original $100,000 hospital, front, opened in 1915. It was designed by the architectural firm of Heath and Gove. It had a capacity for 150 beds and was virtually fireproof. The East wing, or "C" Wing, opened in 1926, Sutton, Whitney & Dugan architects. It brought the hospital's capacity to 250 beds. (filed with Argentum) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)


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

752-9

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);

A1230-0

In October of 1926, three Junior League women show a passage in a book to an older gentleman in a wheelchair while a nurse looks on. The man is covered with a blanket stamped "Tacoma General Hospital." The book has been removed from a rolling cart used to transport the books from room to room for selection. One of projects of the Junior League was a traveling library maintained at Tacoma General Hospital. Two times a week, members of the library committee, chaired by Mrs. Frank Buckley (believed to be pictured center of the back row), visited the hospital and took the specially constructed set of shelves on wheels loaded with books from room to room. (WSHS) (TDL 10/22/1926, pg. 1- story, diff. picture)


Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Books; Wheelchairs; Junior League (Tacoma);

A1231-0

ca. 1925. In 1925, the East Wing of the Tacoma General Hospital was under construction. The building is shown in this photograph from So. 4th St. The addition was designed by the firm of Sutton, Whitney & Dugan. It was completed in 1926. (WSHS)


Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

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