An injured patient clasps his hands as he lies in traction at Tacoma General Hospital on December 6, 1968. The unidentified man, dressed in hospital gown and partially covered with a blanket, is face down in a circular metal contraption. This device may help in alleviating or eliminating bed sores. Photograph ordered by the law firm of Binns, Petrich & Mason.

Sick persons; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

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;

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;

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;

William C. Larson holds his 3-year-old daughter, Carol Ann, while Nurse Dorothy MacIntyre holds his new child, William Bruce Larson, at the window of the maternity ward at Tacoma General Hospital for them to see. Ordered by the Tribune for their Fathers' Day layout. (TNT, 6/18/1950, p.D-1)

Infants--Tacoma; Maternity hospitals--Tacoma; Nurses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fathers & children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Larson, William C.--Family; Larson, William Bruce; Larson, Carol Ann; MacIntyre, Dorothy;

Tacoma General Hospital annual pictures. Employees enjoy a meal in the dining hall in this scene from April of 1945. Several nurses in the foreground are wearing Red Cross uniforms.

Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Employee eating facilities; Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Tacoma General Hospital annual pictures. The nursery where three nurses wearing masks over their lower faces care for babies in rolling carts. Each cart has room for four or five babies.

Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nurseries--1940-1950; 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 Hospital annual pictures. Four men wearing white uniforms.

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

Tacoma General Hospital annual pictures. A group of eleven women hospital aides wearing striped or floral uniforms..

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

Tacoma General Hospital annual pictures. A group of eleven women nurses and one man. The nurses wear white aprons over their dresses and white caps.

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

Tacoma's first senior hospital aides. 15-18 year old Girl Scouts are receiving intensive training to become Senior Scout Hospital Aides. They will assist nurses at Tacoma General with hospital duties. Group portrait of 14 young women and nurse. Names appear in newspaper (T. Times, 6/21/44, p. 4).

Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Nursing--Tacoma; Uniforms; Community service--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);

Tacoma General pictures for Bulletin. Tacoma General Hospital's Library was founded in 1935 by the Tacoma alumnae chapter of Alpha Delta Pi, a national Greek letter sorority. View of Tacoma General Hospital's Library and five unidentified nurses.

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

Four unidentified nursing students relax in the nurses' quarters at Tacoma General Hospital in March 1944. They have just received news that the recent acquisition of an entire half block across "K" Street from the hospital, will enable a nurse's home to be built in the near future. Samuel Morley Jackson Hall was completed in 1945. Tacoma General's nursing school program was established in 1895, it was discontinued in 1980. Photo taken for the hospital bulletin.

Nurses--Tacoma; Tacoma General Hospital (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);

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);

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);

ca. 1943. Nurses at Tacoma General Hospital hold the newborn twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haley. Jonathan and David Haley were born in 1943. They joined sister Janet in the Frank and Nell Haley household. Frank Haley was part of a well-known family in Tacoma. His father J.C. Haley was one of the founders of the Brown & Haley candy company. Also see D15520-1.

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

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);

Blood Bank at Tacoma General Hospital; publicity for War Chest. The War Chest was a wartime branch of the Community Chest and one of its projects was a local Blood Bank. In the photograph, a young patient is either donating or receiving blood. In 1941, the Red Cross organized the first civilian blood donor service to collect plasma for the war effort. In later years, Blood Banks sprang up across the country as medical professionals established them after seeing the success of transfusion therapy on the battlefield.

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

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;

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);

Blood Bank at Tacoma General Hospital; publicity for War Chest. A young doctor works in the lab at the Tacoma General Blood Bank.

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

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.;

Mrs. Emily L. Loveridge at Tacoma General Hospital.

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

Mr. Clarence J. Cummings at Tacoma General Hospital. On September 10, 1940, Mr. Cummings announced his retirement as Superintendent of Tacoma General, a position he had held since 1918. He was also serving as the President of the Association of Western Hospitals. Mr. Cummings was born March 7, 1881. He was a native of Glenco, Minnesota. During his administration of TG, the hospital established a complete diagnostic and treatment department, enlarged its clinical laboratory, began pathological service and employed a full time pathologist (1920), added x ray treatment (1922), a tumor clinic (1932), radium facilities (1934), clinical therapy (1920) and an orthopedic clinic for children (1929). (T. Times 9/10/1940, pg. 1)

Cummings, Clarence J.; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);