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Outpatient clinic waiting area in Duke Hospital

Description:

African-American patients and others shown in the Duke Hospital Outpatient Clinic waiting area. The sign on column reads "New patients, colored, register here."

Date:

circa 1935
Duke Hospital cashier helping patients in line

Description:

Customers wait in line at a Duke Hospital cashier's window. Customers in this line include African Americans.

Date:

undated
Nurse with an African-American pediatric patient

Description:

A uniformed Duke Hospital nurse gives a bottle to a young African-American girl.

Date:

undated
Original staff of Duke Hospital

Description:

Original hospital staff in uniform.

Date:

1950
Social Services staff of Duke Hospital

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Duke Hospital staff of the Social Service Division. The Division of Social Services was founded on September 1, 1937 with the support of Ms. Doris Duke. During World War II, the Social Service Division worked with the American Red Cross to assist...

Date:

undated
Civilian Public Service worker John Olson administering a test to a patient

Description:

Olsen worked part time on Meyer Ward and part time in the psychiatric clinic at psychometrics. 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...

Date:

1944
Civilian Public Service worker with a patient on Meyer Ward

Description:

Charles Elliott, C.P.S. worker, assisting a patient with speech correction. 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...

Date:

1944
Medical Illustration Dept. group photograph outside

Description:

The Medical Illustration Department was started by Deryl Hart in 1933. Identified individuals are Carlon P. Graham, Henry Floyd Pickett, Raymond Howard, and Neeley Webster.

Date:

circa 1948
Four people working in the Dept. of Medical Art and Illustration

Description:

The Dept. of Medical Art and Illustration was established in 1933 by J. Deryl Hart.

Date:

circa 1945-1946
W. Delano Meriwether

Description:

Dr. Meriwether was the first African-American student admitted to the Duke University School of Medicine.

Date:

1963
Patient waiting room

Description:

A group of African-American patrons sit in the waiting room at Duke Hospital. The sign on the pillar reads, "New Patients Colored Register Here."

Date:

circa 1940-1949
African-American pediatrics patients

Description:

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.

Date:

undated
Lincoln Hospital

Description:

Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.) was founded in 1901 as the first medical facility for African-Americans. Many Duke Hospital physicians would later provide support for physicians and clinical services for patients of Lincoln Hospital.

Date:

undated
School of Nursing faculty visiting community agency

Description:

Nursing faculty member using stethoscope on an African American child.

Date:

1948
Nursing student with infant patient on the pediatric ward

Description:

A School of Nursing student holds an African-American infant patient in the pediatrics ward. Part of the pediatrics ward mural is visible in the background.

Date:

undated
Doctor, nurses and African American pediatrics patient at Lincoln Hospital

Description:

Dr. William Alexander Cleland uses a stethoscope on a young African American pediatrics patient at Lincoln Hospital in Durham. He is assisted by two nurses.

Date:

undated
Pediatrics patients

Description:

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.

Date:

circa 1930-1934
Nurse with an African-American child at a fish tank

Description:

A Duke Hospital nurse stands near a female African-American pediatric patient as she looks at fish in a tank.

Date:

undated
Nursing student V. Baker measuring the length of an infant

Description:

Uniformed nursing student V. Baker measures the length of an infant. An African-American woman holds the infant's foot.

Date:

undated
Ambulance backing up to the emergency room entrance of Duke Hospital

Description:

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.

Date:

circa 1940

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