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Image of Nurses and doctors during a surgery at Minor Private Hospital, circa 1920
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Nurses and doctors during a surgery at Minor Private Hospital, circa 1920

Minor Private Hospital was founded in January 1906, and a two-story, brick hospital building constructed at 1420 Spring Street in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. In September 1906, a school for nurses was established at Minor Hospital, with a three-year course of training. Minor Private Hospital closed in 1928, and the last nursing school class graduated in 1930. The nurses later…
ID Number:1954.683.151.1
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Minor Private Hospital nursing supervisor Lucy I. Pringle holding baby, circa 1925
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Minor Private Hospital nursing supervisor Lucy I. Pringle holding baby, circa 1925

Lucy I. Pringle, formerly of the Lakeside Hospital of Cleveland, was appointed head surgical nurse at Seattle's Minor Private Hospital upon it's opening in June 1906. The following year, Pringle became a nursing superintendent of the hospital, supervising nursing students from the Minor Hospital nurses training school.
ID Number:1954.683.153.1
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Seattle Girls War Relief Bazaar sign, 1917
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Seattle Girls War Relief Bazaar sign, 1917

After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, base hospitals were mobilized at universities and civilian hospitals across the country. In October 1917, the American Red Cross authorized the University of Washington to organize an army hospital, with the provision that the local Seattle Chapter raise $50,000 to equip the unit. The War Relief Bazaar was the…
ID Number:1956.1124.11
Date:1917
Image of Seattle Girls War Relief Bazaar poster by Anita Miller, 1917
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Seattle Girls War Relief Bazaar poster by Anita Miller, 1917

After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, base hospitals were mobilized at universities and civilian hospitals across the country. In October 1917, the American Red Cross authorized the University of Washington to organize an army hospital, with the provision that the local Seattle Chapter raise $50,000 to equip the unit. The War Relief Bazaar was the…
ID Number:1956.1124.12
Date:1917
Image of Dormitory at Seattle Children's Home, circa 1938
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Dormitory at Seattle Children's Home, circa 1938

The Ladies' Relief Society, Seattle's oldest charity, was begun in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. With the donation of two lots from David Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), the society opened their first location, a house at Fourth Avenue and Harrison Street. On April 13, 1905, the society opened a new, larger building on Queen Anne Hill…
ID Number:1960.1876.2
Date:Circa 1938
Image of Seattle Children's Home exterior, circa 1915
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Seattle Children's Home exterior, circa 1915

The Ladies' Relief Society, Seattle's oldest charity, was begun in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. With the donation of two lots from David Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), the society opened their first location, a house at Fourth Avenue and Harrison Street. On April 13, 1905, the society opened a new, larger building on Queen Anne Hill…
ID Number:1960.1876.5
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Helene Madison in nurse's uniform seated at desk, circa 1936
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Helene Madison in nurse's uniform seated at desk, circa 1936

Helene Madison started swimming at Green Lake when she was 12 years old. At 19, she swept the women's freestyle swimming events in the 1932 Olympics. That year, she held all 16 women's world freestyle records and 56 American awards. When she returned to Seattle, the city presented her with a car, a Navy and Police escort and Seattle's largest…
ID Number:1970.5051.77
Date:Circa 1936
Image of Weed's Tolu-Turpin Compound label, circa 1930
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Weed's Tolu-Turpin Compound label, circa 1930

Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene (1854-1924) and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy. In 1906, Bert married Keene's daughter Mamie Luella Keene (1881-1970), and they had one daughter, Luell (Weed) Guthrie (1910-1987). Lake Washington Pharmacy…
ID Number:1971.5098.2.1
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Wampole's Creo-Terpin for coughs and colds advertising card, circa 1910
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Wampole's Creo-Terpin for coughs and colds advertising card, circa 1910

Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene (1854-1924) and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy. In 1906, Bert married Keene's daughter Mamie Luella Keene (1881-1970), and they had one daughter, Luell Weed Guthrie (1910-1987). Lake Washington Pharmacy…
ID Number:1971.5098.3.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Lake Washington Pharmacy business card, circa 1905
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Lake Washington Pharmacy business card, circa 1905

Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene (1854-1924) and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy. In 1906, Bert married Keene's daughter Mamie Luella Keene (1881-1970), and they had one daughter, Luell Weed Guthrie (1910-1987). Lake Washington Pharmacy…
ID Number:1971.5098.5
Date:Circa 1905
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