Aerial view of the newly completed Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Nearby residential neighborhoods and west campus buildings are also visible.
Pediatric patients and their families waiting for treatment in the pediatrics ward of Duke Hospital. The mural on the left side of the photograph contains the images of Wilburt Cornell Davison (conductor) and other faculty or staff.
An African-American worker opens the rear end of the ambulance. A guard stands in the emergency room doorway. The original emergency room unloading platform could only accommodate one ambulance.
Ann Gunn was Duke’s first postgraduate LPN to achieve national certification in operating room technique. A Durham native, she came to Duke in 1964 to receive her LPN training. Gunn then worked on the general surgical unit from 1965-1969. In 1969 she...
Ann Gunn poses in front of the door to Operation Room 10. She was Duke’s first postgraduate LPN to achieve national certification in operating room technique. A Durham native, she came to Duke in 1964 to receive her LPN training. Gunn then worked on...
School of Medicine and Duke Hospital staff at a dinner party. Dean of the School of Medicine Wilburt Cornell Davison is seated at the near end of the table, facing the camera. Callaway married Catharine Dater Van Blarcom, an instructor of nursing at...
Baker House, located on Trent Drive, was constructed in 1931 and renovated in 1968. The building is contiguous with Duke Clinic. It housed the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology administration, clinics, diagnostic, treatment and support services...
Barnes Woodhall examining x-ray, nurses in background. Woodhall was the chief of Duke University Medical Center's Division of Neurosurgery from 1937 to 1960. He became the second dean of the School of Medicine, serving from 1960 to 1964. Woodhall...
Berta Bobath, a well respected physical therapist and co-creator of the Bobath method, during a visit to Duke in the 1970s. The child in the picture is unknown. The Bobath method is a rehabilitation technique that helps patients with injuries to the...
Truman Kirkpatrick, a former industrial chemist, at work in the blood chemistry laboratory of Duke Hospital. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of...
Rodney Lehman at work in the physiology department of Duke Hospital. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program,...
Cafeteria employees at work preparing fast food for “scatter line”. This photograph was taken by Lewis Parrish and appeared in the January 7, 1972 issue of Intercom with the following caption: “Staff members and employees pitched in to help get the...
Charlie Grinstead worked as a parking valet from 1973-1976. He was a fixture in front of Duke Hospital and would have been the first official face of the medical center that patients and visitors saw as they came up the walk. Charlie became ill at work...
Donald Hayman shown typing case histories as recorded on a dictaphone cylinder. The Civilian Public Service Unit was established on October 27, 1942 at Duke Hospital under the direction of the Department of Neuropsychiatry. Conscientious objectors were...
Dr. Clarence Gardner sews up a patient in the Duke Hospital emergency room. He is assisted by Miss Antoinette Makeley, R.N. The group of young men observing the procedure is likely comprised of medical students or interns. Dr. Clarence Ellsworth...
Male modeling a protective mask, hat, and gown. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that became widely accepted across the country. This...
Rear view of the Davison building (right), originally the main entrance to the School of Medicine, and the rear of Duke Hospital (left). Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for...
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Surgery. (Partial description of the front row, left to right) Lennox D. Baker, Watt Eagle, Joseph W. Beard, J. Deryl Hart, Edwin P. Alyea, W.B. Anderson.
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Pediatrics. (Back row left to right) Wilburt Cornell Davison (dean of the School of Medicine, 1927-1960), Karl Shepard (house staff, 1939), Angus McBryde (associate professor of...
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Pediatrics. (Back row left to right) Charles Houston Gay (A.B., Duke, 1929; M.D. Duke, 1933), Wilburt Cornell Davison (dean of the School of Medicine, 1927-1960), Angus McBryde...
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Pediatrics. Includes women in early nursing uniforms. Taken outside of hospital. (Back row left to right) Joseph Mignone, Jr. (house staff, 1933-1934), Jay M. Arena (M.D., Duke,...
Uniformed male house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Radiology. (Back row, left to right) James G. Whildin, George J. Baylin, David McCulloch, Albert C. King, Robert J. Reeves. (Front row, left to right) Frank T. Moran, Paul A. Jones,...
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Radiology. Courses in roentgenology and radiology were taught at Duke Hospital as early as 1930 by staff in the hospital's radiology department. The radiology department held...
Dept. of Surgery staff in an operating room dressed in protective gowns, gloves, goggles, and hoods. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that...
Dietetics staff check over food in the main kitchen before it is sent out to the Hospital wards. The School of Dietetics, in cooperation with the School of Nursing, offered internships from 1930 to 1972.
Two female members of the Duke University Hospital dietetics staff prepare food in the kitchen. The School of Dietetics, in cooperation with the School of Nursing, offered internships from 1930 to 1972.
Uniformed Duke University Dietetics Program students get together in Duke Gardens for the 1 o' clock kick. (Left to right) Anne Tyor, Betty Lang Thorne, Gwen Pfifer Gregg, Betty Jessup Martin, Shirley Kennedy Thorne, Betty Bonden, Erin Ross Atwood,...
Division of Physical Therapy staff seated at table. The Division of Physical Therapy has been part of patient services in Duke Hospital since the hospital opened in 1930.
Faculty and students play ball during the hospital picnic. At bat is Stan Lordeaux (M.D., Duke, 1940). Playing catcher is Dr. Bayard Carter (chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1931 to 1964).
Dr. George W. Brumley Jr., Director of Newborn Service [Pediatrics] displaying type of electrode (scalp electrode) used to determine if a baby is suffering from fetal distress.
Thornhill is at bat. Onlookers and parked cars are in the background. Thornhill (A.B., Duke, 1936 and M.D., 1940) served on the house staff from 1940 to 1942.
Dr. Richard B. Raney fits a neck brace onto an African-American patient in the Orthopaedic Clinic. A nurse assists. Raney served on the house staff of Duke Hospital from 1934 to 1952. Dr. R.B. Raney authored "Primer on Prevention of Deformities in...
William A. Withers takes the blood pressure of a female patient at the Duke Private Diagnostic Clinic. William A. Withers served as house staff and fellow from 1937 to 1939.
Aerial view of Duke Hospital. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Construction was started September 1, 1927 and was completed in 1930. The original main entrance to the School of Medicine is now known as the Davison Building.
Duke Hospital Auxiliary volunteers with coffee cart. The Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary (later known as the Duke Hospital Auxiliary), the first auxiliary at Duke, was established in 1933 on the suggestion of Dean Wilburt C. Davison. The purpose of...
This picture may have been taken on Duke's east campus. The people included in this picture are: Mrs. Robert L. Ross, Mrs. William Lloyd, Mrs. J.F. Strickland, Mrs. R.J. Reeves, Mrs. E. P. Alyea, Mrs. Frank L. Fuller, Jr., Mrs. L.M. Edwards, Mrs. E.J....
Kitchen area of newly constructed Duke Hospital. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
View of the hospital's main entrance from across the parking lot. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Duke Hospital main entrance and driveway with parked cars. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Patients and hospital staff interact in the Duke Hospital outpatient clinic waiting room. Between 1930 to 1940, approximately half a million visits were made to the outpatient clinic (referred to early on as the OPC). By the early 1950s, an average of...