Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Maine General Hospital nursing students practice extinguishing fires, as part of a collaboration between the hospital's engineering department and Portland fire department during National Fire Prevention Week, October 5-10, 1953. Pictured here are members of the class of 1956, though all employees received the training.
Maine General Hospital is the predecessor of Maine Medical Center.
About This Item
- Title: Maine General Hospital fire safety training, Portland, 1953
- Creator: Maine Medical Center
- Creation Date: 1953-10-05
- Subject Date: 1953-10-05
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 16.1 cm x 23.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4221, Box 116, Folder 1
- Collection: Maine Medical Center collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire prevention
- Hospitals--Fires and fire prevention
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Maine General Hospital (Portland, Me.). School of nursing
- Maine Medical Center (Portland, Me.)
- Portland (Me.). Fire Department
- Nursing students--Maine--Portland
People
- Beauchemin, Irene
- Cook, Shirley
- Derninger, Kathleen
- Glidden, Eleanor
- Hardison, Miss
- Hill, Frieda
- Hunter, Lucille
- Kindsey, Korina
- Lanquet, Maggie
- McBriety, Cleo
- McLaughlin, Virginia
- Mitchell,
- Monahan, Marlene
- O'Keefe, Doris
- Raymond, Barbara
- Walker, Jean
- Wiley, Janice
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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