The Duke Hospital Auxiliary was started in 1950, and Betty Leach started to do volunteer work them in 1956, shortly after moving to Durham. She was vital to the founding of the “Pink Smock” gift shops at Duke Hospital. These stores grew from a simple...
Employees utilize the Hospital cafeteria’s new fast food section where they are able to pick up their selections and go directly to the cashier. This photograph was taken by Lewis Parrish and appeared in the January 7, 1972 issue of Intercom.
Safety Observers pictured from left to right: Row 1- Betty Cross, Betty Desrosiers, Clara Harris, Dorothy Grant, Essie Evans, Marilyn Blake, Sandra Williams, Annie Tedder, Rosa Herron; Row 2- Linda Starr, Theodore Lee, Ruth Ellis, Marie Scoggins, Ethel...
Duke employees (pictured left to right) Helen Russell, Virginia Whitman, Margie Wilkins sort first-class mail arriving at the mail room. This photograph appeared in the July 2, 1971 issue of Intercom.
Therlan Thompson was a veteran of the Hospital’s Central Processing department where she worked as a medical supply assembler. Central Processing, also known as Central Supply, was a division of the Pharmacy Department. They distributed new and...
Duke mail room employee Geneva Westbrook distributes letters to the post office boxes from the back. Most people would only see these boxes from the outside. This photograph appeared in the July 2, 1971 issue of the Intercom.
Delores Ford in her office. She was hired as a secretary first for the operating room at Duke Medical Center in 1969 and then transferred to the emergency room in 1971.
Staff of the Duke University School of Medicine, Nursing, and Dietetics and Duke Hospital two days before the opening. Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davison, founding dean of the Medical School, is on the back row, second from the right
Hart came to Duke University in 1929 as a member of the original faculty of Duke Hospital. In 1929, Hart initiated the Private Diagnostic Clinic plan with Frederic Moir Hanes. He served as chair of the Private Diagnostic Clinic and later as president...
Mrs. Hazel, one of the earliest hospital receptionists, is seated at the two-sided desk in the original hospital lobby. A number of patients are waiting in the lobby. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a medical...
Physical Therapy students (class of 1947) in old gym. Left to right: Mary Clyde Singleton, PT, (instructor), Isabell Berry, Sally Bassett, unknown patient, Doris Miller (obscured by railing), Martha Parks, Rachel Nunley, Pat Barrett, Winnie Lawson,...
Dr. Osterhout investigates household products in the Duke Poison Control Center. Dr. Shirley K. Osterhout came to Duke University in 1949 as an undergraduate. She obtained her MD from Duke in 1957 and continued in the Department of Pediatrics, working...
Duke Hospital with old cars parked out front. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 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).
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.
View of Duke Hospital from across a 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 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...
Pat Payne (Physical Therapy class of 1955) and Martha Freeman (standing, Physical Therapy class of 1953) with an unknown patient. Picture taken when both were on Duke Clinical Staff.
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...
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.
An early photograph of the original lobby of Duke Hospital. A number of children are gathered with other patients. The two-sided desk can be seen in the center of the room. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a...
Radiology staff standing in front of Duke Hospital. On October 1, 1930 Dr. Robert J. Reeves helped to establish an x-ray technician training program in Duke Hospital which led to the development of the Dept. of Radiology at Duke University. Courses in...
(From left to right) Eugene Brown, pharmacy intern from 1939 to 1940; Thomas Reamer, associate in pharmacy from 1931 to circa 1970; Archie Millis, Lieutenant with 65th General Hospital; and Hunter Kelly, pharmacy intern at Duke from 1940 to 1941.