This photograph shows the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The cupola is on the Center building. The North Flats portion of the building is to the right of the cupola.
Note reads: "Taken in 1896. Residence and offices of Dr. John Wesley Andrews, 510 South Second St., Mankato, Minn. Office entrance: 125 E. Cherry St. Dr. Roy Andrews, son of J. W. and Cornelia Andrews daughter of Roy were born here (in this building)." Now Kahler Motel (1979).
Nineteen Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet standing in front of a St. Joseph's Hospital entrance. The Sisters opened the hospital in 1853 in the log cabin Chapel of St. Paul on Bench Street. This photo is taken at the hospital's third and current site. The hospital joined the HealthEast System in 1987.
The "new" St. Mary's Hospital in 1898. In 1894, the Benedictine sisters of Duluth had plans drawn up for a proposed motherhouse and school to be built on property they owned at 5th Avenue East and Third street. The foundations were laid, but money was short and the project had to be abandoned. In 1897 Bishop McGolrick suggested that a hospital be built on that site. The building was completed in 1898 and the hospital moved from its West End location to the new site of St. Mary's Hospital.
Mrs. Sandford and 5 year-old Lucy Gray, of DeSmet, South Dakota read a book in Lucy's room at Saint Marys Hospital. Paper chains, each link representing one of Lucy's new friendships formed while at the hospital, decorate the screen in the background.
Surgery Room B at The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. The large window would have allowed an ample supply of natural light to illuminate the room during a surgery.
Ten Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet served as nurses during the Spanish American War. This photo, which includes hospitalized soldiers, was taken at a military hospital in Matanzas, Cuba.
This photograph shows Dr. Fred Paul Strathern (1869-1962) in his first office in St. Peter in the Bennett building (300 South Minnesota Avenue). Dr. Strathern's office was located in the rear of the building, along Nassau street.
This photograph shows Dr. Fred Paul Strathern (1869-1962) in his first office in St. Peter in the Bennett building (300 South Minnesota Avenue). Dr. Strathern's office was in the rear of the building, along Nassau street.
This photograph shows two nurses tending patients on the second floor of the Center building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The room has been decorated for Christmas.
Inside Princeton Drug Store with J.M. Armitage and Joe Foss behind the counter. Note medicine in glass cases on wall, cigars, and paint sample display.
This photograph of buildings at the St. Peter State Hospital has the date March 7, 1900 written on the reverse side of the photo. Another note there refers to a fire at two o'clock in the morning. The rear of the Center building can be seen at the far right of the photo.
The medical and nursing staff of The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis are posed in front of their horse drawn ambulance. The nurses on each end wearing striped blouses are nursing students. It was common during this era for nursing students to supply the bulk of nursing care in hospitals.
Formal front entrance to the nurses' dormitory at The Swedish Hospital, Minneapolis. In the early twentieth century, nursing students lived on the hospital grounds. The parlor seen in the photograph would have been reserved for leisure time and entertaining special guests.