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Misses Clark, Foster, and McArthur at 12th Ave and Heather Street Residence

Photograph labeled 1914.

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Many nurses and attendants surround surgeons working on patient.

Abdominal Operation (Kidney Surgery?) at VGH, c.1930

Many nurses and attendants surround surgeons working on patient.

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Ear, Nose, and Throat O.R.

Three nurses sit on a table in the ENT O.R. Note two different eras of uniform.

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Text reads: "The Royal Red Cross (Class II) - N/S Ada Taylor, A.R.R.C., C.A.M.C. Taylor graduated in nursing from the V.G.H. in 1910. When the war broke out, she enlisted in the Medical Corps and spent the Winter of 1916-17 with No.5 Canadian General Hospital in Solonika, Greece, on the Balkan Front. In August 1917, she was transferred to No.3 General Hospital in Boulogne, France, where she served for the duration of the war. TERMS instituted in 1883 - first military decoration created for women. In 1917, a Second Class or Assoc. Royal Red Cross was introduced and awarded to nurses, nurses aides, or volunteers who had 'performed an exceptional act of bravery and devotion to the post of duty' (red and graty bow)."

Nursing Sister Ada Taylor Write-up

Text reads: “The Royal Red Cross (Class II) – N/S Ada Taylor, A.R.R.C., C.A.M.C. Taylor graduated in nursing from the V.G.H. in 1910. When the war broke out,...

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First VGH Operating Room at Cambie Street c.1905

Back: Dr. A.P. Proctor; Dr. R.E. McKechnie; Miss Judge. Front: Dr. A.S. Monroe; Dr. C.A. McDiarmid. File contains two copies (HP.52b)

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O.R., Northeast Wing of Heather Pavilion c.1906

O.R. in the Northeast Wing of Heather Pavilion c.1906. File contains 5 photos and 1 negative.

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Operating Room, Ward C, Miss Stone, Supervisor

VGH O.R. Ward C.

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Operating Room, c.1929

Operation demonstration.

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VGH O.R. 1, c.1916

File contains 2 copies and 3 negatives (HP.56b-e).

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X-ray facilities at Heather Pavilion.

VGH X-Ray Department, c.1931

X-ray facilities at Heather Pavilion.

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