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Description
The Alida Leese Nurses' Home accommodated 58 nurses when it opened in 1902. The building was razed in 1965 to allow for construction of the Maine Medical Center's Centennial Wing, later known as the Richards Wing.
Alida Leese was hired in 1885 as the first superintendent of nurses and head of The Maine General Hospital Training School for Nurses. Applicants, who were required to be between 22 and 34 years of age, in sound health, and unmarried, also had to provide a letter attesting to their good character.
About This Item
- Title: Alida Leese Nurses' Home, Portland, ca. 1925
- Creator: John Marshall
- Creation Date: circa 1925
- Subject Date: circa 1925
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 17 cm x 25 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4221, Box 111, Folder 2
- Collection: Maine Medical Center collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Nursing--Study and teaching
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Maine General Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Maine Medical Center (Portland, Me.)
- Medicine
- Nursing schools--Maine--Portland
- Alida Leese Nurses' Home (Portland, Me.)
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