(Three groups from left to right) Staff, including Bessie Baker (dean) at the front of the line, and administrators; first class of the School of Nursing students (in black tights); nurses of Duke Hospital. The first class entered on January 1931 and...
The first class of the School of Nursing in uniform. The class entered on January 1931 and graduated in June 1933. They were the only class to wear black stockings.
Duke University faculty and guests from other institutions gather at the Davison building, entrance to the School of Medicine on the occasion of the dedication of the Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Hospital on April 31, 1931. Speakers are...
Uniformed School of Nursing students on front steps of building. Bessie Baker was the first dean of the School of Nursing (1930-1938). The first class was admitted on January 2, 1931 and graduated on June 7, 1933.
Duke Hospital pediatrics patients shown outside the Duke Hospital building. One child is holding a stuffed toy. Stones on building in picture are multi-colored.
A hospital examination room, with desk and bed. Through the open window behind the desk, the stone of the Duke Hospital building's exterior is visible.
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. Banks...
Members of the Department of Anatomy at Duke University School of Medicine. (Left to right, row 1) Henry Hollingshead, instructor; Frank Swett, professor and chair; Rober D. Baker, instructor. (Row 2) Edna Elias, secretary; Talmadge Peele, student...
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 Nu,...
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.
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.
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...