Two nurses from The Swedish Hospital are shown pushing two adolescent males in a wheelchair through Elliot Park, which was located across the street from the hospital in downtown Minneapolis. Fresh air and sunshine were believed to be a beneficial healing component for many illnesses at this time, most notably tuberculosis.
Exterior photograph of a large Victorian home that served as a nurses' residence for The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis for much of the twentieth century.
Light hearted informal snapshot of a group of nursing students from The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing relaxing in a dorm room during a rare moment of free time.
A group of three Swedish Hospital School of Nursing students in Minneapolis are shown gathering the necessary supplies and medicines for an operation at the hospital.
Large group of students from The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis are pictured during their operating room rotation. The second nurse from the right is most likely holding iodine to use as a disinfectant.
A wheelchair bound pediatric patient is shown "taking the air" at The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. Fresh air and sunshine were believed to be a beneficial healing component for many illnesses at this time, most notably tuberculosis.
An aerial view of the garden at Elliot Park in downtown Minneapolis as seen from the upper floors of The Swedish Hospital. A decade earlier this park was still pasture land at the Elliot Farm.
This volume contains cash report of spending by the Concordia Society of the Swedish Hospital from 1915-1924. The Concordia Society was a benevolent women's society organized October 17, 1901, at the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis. The Concordia Society was primarily dedicated to providing free beds and other services to persons in need of medical care. The Swedish Hospital was run by and for Swedish immigrants.
Large sitting room in the nurses' home of The Swedish Hospital, Minneapolis. The nurses would have come to this large room to write letters, socialize and read.
A public operation at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis. The men and women on the floor of the operating room are hospital physicians and nurses. The watchful crowd in the balcony is most likely composed of hospital benefactors and community dignitaries. It was not uncommon for hospitals to perform exposition surgeries when the surgeon was famed for successfully completing a new or difficult procedure or when the surgical case was unusual. A portion of this photograph around the patient has been purposely obscured by the photographer, but judging by the small size of the leg being held by one of the attending physicians it is likely this operation is being performed on a child.