Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… "Willburn Haskell in (illegible)" "Mary Burke (nurse & [illegible] in Africa) on right standard. Billy Burke's girl." "Jerome at bottom" "Clifford…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… to open a hospital in 1932 while working as a nurse in a nursing home. She witnessed women giving birth in their homes or in “maternity hospitals.”…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"Workman was a nurse and the first owner of the Workman’s Hospital that was built in 1932. The first Workman’s hospital was actually in the upstairs…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"My mom is a nursing student, works, and takes care of my littler sister. At the moment my sister is having very bad medical issues, so she is always…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"1948Surry Historical Society A school nurse, Miss Dunphy, came around periodically during the 1930s and 1940s, checking the general health and…"

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"The Civil War (1861-1865) also encouraged both the growth of the medical profession in the United States and the government’s investment in it for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Doris Clark was Bell’s nurse for 18 years. In 1937, the hospital closed, and Dr. Bell began working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building…"

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… Martha Ballard and great-grandfather of civil war nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton) and Benjamin Vaughan."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"During the Civil War era, her father served in the Union Army. While she was treating his injuries, she found her interest in the medical field."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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