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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...