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  • Construction of the Duke University School of Medicine and other buildings

    Description/Abstract: The School of Medicine and other Duke University West Campus buildings under construction. The original entrance to the School of Medicine is now known as the Davison building (named for the School of Medicine's first dean Wilburt Cornell...
    Date: circa 1928-1930

  • Construction of the School of Medicine

    Description/Abstract: Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
    Date: circa 1928-1930

  • Staff, Duke University Schools of Medicine; Nursing and Dietetics and Duke Hospital

    Description/Abstract: 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
    Date: July 19, 1930

  • Hospital lobby, early

    Description/Abstract: 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...
    Date: circa 1930

  • Original hospital lobby

    Description/Abstract: 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,...
    Date: circa 1930

  • Medical student members of Nu Sigma Nu

    Description/Abstract: Members of Nu Sigma Nu students who were part of the School of Medicine's class of 1934 (the first graduating four-year class). At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma...
    Date: circa 1930-1934

  • Ophthalmology

    Description/Abstract: A hospital staff member checks a patient’s eyes. The Division of Ophthalmology (located under the Department of Surgery) began with only one clinic per week. It grew to daily sessions, held for a time in the old reading room of the Library. W....
    Date: circa 1930-1940

  • Early operating room

    Description/Abstract: Hospital staff, patient, and equipment in an early operating room of Duke Hospital. Two female members of the Duke Hospital staff are wearing surgical masks.
    Date: circa 1930-1934

  • Dietetics staff preparing food in the kitchen

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: circa 1930

  • People gathered outside Duke Hospital

    Description/Abstract: People gathered outside of the newly constructed Duke Hospital. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930
    Date: circa 1930

  • Faculty and staff of Duke Hospital

    Description/Abstract: Uniformed faculty and staff of Duke Hospital.
    Date: circa 1930-1933

  • Dietetics staff checking over food

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: circa 1930

  • Duke Hospital scullery/dishwashing area

    Description/Abstract: Scullery/dishwashing kitchen area of the 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.
    Date: 1930

  • Duke Hospital outpatient clinic

    Description/Abstract: 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...
    Date: circa 1930

  • Duke Hospital kitchen

    Description/Abstract: 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.
    Date: 1930

  • Duke Hospital staff two days before opening

    Description/Abstract: Male and female members of the original Duke Hospital staff. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
    Date: 1930

  • Outpatient Clinic main entrance

    Description/Abstract: Main entrance to the Outpatient Clinic 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.
    Date: circa 1930

  • Hospital lobby, early

    Description/Abstract: Staff and patients interact in the original hospital lobby. The two-sided desk is seen in the center of the room. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a medical student, sat at the desk during his evening work...
    Date: circa 1930

  • Hospital lobby

    Description/Abstract: An early photo of the Hospital lobby. Numerous patients are gathered in the lobby and a hospital staff member is seated at the two-sided. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a medical student, sat at the desk...
    Date: circa 1930

  • Reba N. Hobgood

    Description/Abstract: Reba N. Hobgood, social worker and original staff member of Duke Hospital, works with patients at the desk of the outpatient social services division. The Social Services Division was founded in 1937.
    Date: circa 1930