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Description
A patient ward at Maine General Hospital. Medical staff cared for patients in general care wards with few comforts and little privacy. Twenty iron beds lined each ward in two facing rows. Ample light came from the spacious windows, and flowers were allowed in the women's ward only.
Maine General Hospital is the predecessor of Maine Medical Center.
About This Item
- Title: Maine General Hospital Ward B, Portland, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: West End, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: photographic print
- Dimensions: 19.1 cm x 24.1 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4221, Box 112, Folder 7
- Collection: Maine Medical Center collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Hospital beds
- Hospital buildings--Design and construction
- Hospital patients--Maine--Portland
- Hospital wards
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Hospitals--Medical staff
- Maine General Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Maine Medical Center (Portland, Me.)
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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