Keywords: Hospital Furnishings
Item 16261
Women's Surgical Ward, Eastern Maine General Hospital, Bangor, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 17154
Dr. Carl Blaisdell at Eastern Maine General Hospital, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy
"… for the hospital.” An Annual Donation Week furnished the hospital with supplies such as jellies, preserves, linens, and kitchen utensils."
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2
"For patients, the expansion was welcome news. When the old Queen’s Hospital closed in the winter of 1942-43, it contained 60 beds, but old hands…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
