Nurse Attending Patient in Oxygen Tent at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, June 1946

THF117533 / Nurse Attending Patient in Oxygen Tent at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, June 1946
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Artifact Overview

In June 1925, Henry Ford Hospital opened a School of Nursing. The two-story Education Building featured classrooms, lecture halls and a gymnasium. The six-story Clara Ford Nurses Home had living quarters for 300 students. The school's first class included 93 young women enrolled in the three-year, tuition-free program.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

11 June 1946

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.82862.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10.875 in

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