Two group photographs of nurses at medical training schools – United States, 1930s.
Group photograph of nurses at the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing, Cincinnati – the first Jewish hospital established in the United States. Inscribed on the reverse in handwriting: Class C 1936. The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, is the first Jewish hospital founded in the U.S. It was originally named “The Jewish Hospital” and was established in 1850 in response to a cholera outbreak, to care for the city’s Jewish population afflicted by the epidemic. The hospital was also created to offer a Jewish alternative to other institutions where patients were subjected to missionary pressure on their deathbeds and to provide kosher food for observant Jews. On March 30, 1890, the Jewish Hospital moved to a new location on Burnet Avenue, near the Jewish community in Mount Auburn. This became the first anchor of what would later be known as the “Pill Hill” area, as other hospitals were established nearby. Size: 19×15 cm. Very good condition.
Group photograph of the Westchester School of Nursing, Grasslands Hospital – Class of 1943. A prominent nursing training institution in New York during the 1930s and 1940s, the school played a vital role in epidemic care and wartime efforts. It operated for nearly four decades before the facility and organization were absorbed into the modern Westchester Medical Center. Size: 25×21 cm. Very good condition.
