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;

Printed on front: Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma, Washington

Printed on front: The Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma, U.S.A.

Printed on front: Tacoma General Hospital

• Tacoma General Hospital, at 315 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, was originally the Fannie Paddock Hospital. Here is the original hospital built on this site in 1914, and the addition built behind it in 1926. circa 1929.
• Printed on front: Tacoma General Hospital

In April of 1940, these patients of the Rust Memorial Ward and the Tacoma Orthopedic Clinic were able to learn their 3 R's despite being at the Tacoma General Hospital, thanks to a compact school room furnished by the Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The newly decorated room held regular classes five days a week for children with physical disabilities. Some of the children, under the supervision of the Orthopedic Clinic, were transported from their homes daily for school sessions. The schoolwork was done under the direction of Mrs. Meredith Duguay, whose services were provided by the Tacoma School District. The woman in front of the bookcase at the back of the room may be Mrs. Duguay. (T. Times, 4-19-40, p. 3-alternate picture )

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); People with disabilities--Tacoma;

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;

Swimming pool provided at Tacoma General by Orthopedic Group for physical therapy. Two nurses are pictured on February 23, 1940, working with two children. The older child is already in the water kicking away.

Swimming pools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Physical therapy--Tacoma; Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Exterior view of Tacoma General Hospital. (T. Times, Special Edition.)

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

Tacoma General Hospital, Pediatric ward. The small occupants of Tacoma General's Pediatric ward had their cribs and beds separated by floor length curtains as viewed in this September 22, 1939 photograph. Framed pictures of animals and children placed on walls helped to brighten the room.

Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Hospital wards--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sick children;

Mrs. Genevieve (William) Hartle rests in her hospital bed after giving birth to triplets, a girl and two boys, born during the midnight hours of November 13 and 14, 1937, at Tacoma General Hospital, the first set in many years. Waunita Marie, 3 lb. 7 oz., was the first born, shortly before midnight on November 14th. William Henry, the heaviest at 4 lb. 7 oz., arrived a few minutes after midnight on the 15th followed by his brother, Warren Edward weighing in at 4 lb. 2 oz. The two lightest siblings were placed in incubators. Mr. and Mrs. Hartle were apparently shocked at the multiple births; they already had one daughter, age 3. William Hartle was a truck driver; the Hartles lived in a rural part of Tacoma. First pictures of the triplets were released on November 18, 1937, and appeared on the Tacoma Times front page. (T.Times, 11-15-37, p. 1, 11-18-37, p. 1).

Hartle, Genevieve; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On November 18, 1937, Patricia Bush, a nurse at Tacoma General Hospital, was photographed while holding William Henry Hartle, one of the triplets born to Mrs. William (Genevieve) Hartle on Sunday November 14th around midnight. There had only been one other set of triplets born at Tacoma General and that was years before 1937. The first of the triplets, a girl later named Waunita (at right), was born at 11:23 Sunday night and weighed 3 lb. 7 oz. She was followed by two boys, William Henry 4 lb. 7 oz. and Warren Edward (at left) 4 lb 2 oz. The two smallest babies were kept in incubators; William was in a cloth-covered bassinet. All three of the triplets survived. They and their older sister Dorothy were still living in Washington state in August of 2000. (T.Times 11/15/1937 p.1 & 11/18/1937 p.1).

Hartle, William--Family; Triplets; Hartle, William Henry; Hartle, Warren Edward; Hartle, Waunita Marie; Bush, Patricia; Nurses--Tacoma; Incubators;

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 Tacoma trio is leaving by automobile for a pair of medical conventions in St. Louis, Missouri. They are, left to right, Annabell Norton, photographer for the pathology clinic at Tacoma General Hospital, Dr. Benjamin T. Terry, pathologist, and Mrs. Alice Kern, technician and secretary to Dr. Terry. Dr. Terry is the originator of the latest method of rapid razor diagnosis of cancer. The trio have prepared exhibits, which they will explain at the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, May 11-14, and the convention of the American Medical Association, May 15-19, 1939. (T. Times 5/5/1939, pg. 9)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Norton, Annabell; Terry, Benjamin; Kern, Alice;

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;

Two unidentified nurses adjust the x-ray equipment at Tacoma General Hospital in April of 1939 as a patient waits lying on a table, covered chin down with a white sheet. Although by 1939 it was well known that lead was effective for protecting against x-ray exposure, neither the patient in this photo or the nurses appear to be wearing any protective lead or lead-equivalency shielding. Established in 1882 as the Fannie C. Paddock Hospital, the facility became the Tacoma General Hospital in 1912. Ordered by Clarence J. Cummings, Superintendent. See also A8155 image 3

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

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;

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. 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 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. 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. 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 wearing white uniforms.

Group portraits--1940-1950; Medical Personnel; 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);

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);