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Item 66580

Marcotte Nursing Home and St. Joseph Orphanage, Lewiston, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Lewiston Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 7590

Alida Leese Home, School of Practical Nursing, Portland, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 108983

Margaret R. Foote application for membership to Old Ladies Home, Bath, 1949

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1949-12-14 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 50501

Assessor's Record, 60 Emery Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Home for Aged Women Use: Nursing Home

Item 36230

15 Capisic Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Mary Brown Home Use: Nursing Home

Item 65533

16-18 Norwood Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: St. Barnabas Hospital Use: Dwelling - Nurses Home

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150100

Bangor Osteopathic Hospital Nursing Home Wing, Bangor, 1960-1961

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960–1961 Location: Bangor Client: Bangor Osteopathic Hospital Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 150383

Nurses Home for the Augusta State Hospital, Augusta, 1919-1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919–1927 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: Harry S. Coombs
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Item 150376

Insane Hospital buildings, Augusta; Vinylhaven, 1893-1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1907 Location: Vinylhaven; Augusta; Vinylhaven Client: State of Maine Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects
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Online Exhibits

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Maine School of Practical Nursing class officers, Waterville, 1965

Practical Nursing in Waterville

The Maine School of Practical Nursing opened a facility in Waterville in 1957 and continued teaching practical nursing there until about 1980 when changes in the profession and in the state's educational structure led to its demise.

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Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.

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Sarah Sampson: Caring for Soldiers, Orphans

Sarah Sampson of Bath went to war with her husband, a captain in the 3rd Maine Regiment. With no formal training, she spent the next four and a half years providing nursing and other services to soldiers. Even after her husband became ill and returned to Maine, Sampson remained in the Washington, D.C., area aiding the sick and wounded.

Site Pages

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Mercy Hospital School of Nursing graduates, Portland, 1944

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"Maine nurses participated in this process, and in 1914 the Maine State Nurses Association was incorporated."

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Queen's Hospital entrance, Portland, ca. 1930

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a home for nurses, with Josephine McLaughlin as matron. The neighboring buildings were connected by runways…"

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Nurse Corps with recruitment. In 1947, an emergency struck closer to home. Known as the Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to…"