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Description
Maine General Hospital was the predecessor of Maine Medical Center. It was built on Bramhall Hill, the area known as the West End in Portland, and opened it's doors to patients in 1874.
The student nurse from Maine General Hospital School of Nursing held a newborn baby wearing a cloth pinned around it's stomach, in the maternity ward. Identities of nurse and child are unknown.
About This Item
- Title: Student nurse in maternity ward of Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1926
- Creation Date: 1926
- Subject Date: 1926
- Location: West End, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.12256
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Maine General Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Maine Medical Center (Portland, Me.)
- Maternity nursing--Maine--Portland
- Newborn infants--Maine--Portland
- Nurses--Maine--Portland
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