Head Nurse Charles H. Whitehead celebrates 20 years in his position with fellow nurses Francis Hurley, Pauline Payne, Maude Caffey, and Lila Strange, Los Angeles, 1936
US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Chief Nurse Felicitated," Los Angeles Times, 08 Feb 1936: A3. With Whitehead in the center the other nurse grab onto his arms and each other's bodies. Whitehead first became a nurse on September 1, 1908 and was promoted to chief nurse on February 7, 1916. He reminisces on all that has changed. Text from negative sleeve: 3749 - Frances Harley Pauline Bayne Chas. Whitehead -> 20 yrs as chief nurse of LA rec'ing hospital, w/nurses of Georgia St. rec'ing hosp. Maude Caffey Lila Strange Georgia Hosp. 2/11/36 [stamped:] Feb 21 1936 Text from newspaper caption: Charles Whitehead yesterday celebrated his twentieth anniversary as chief nurse of the Los Angeles receiving hospitals. He is shown here being congratulated by four of his nurses at Georgia-street Receiving Hospital, left to right, Francis Hurley, Pauline Payne, Maude Caffey and Lila Strange. Handwritten on negative: 144 144 Frances Harley - Pauline Bayne - Chas. Whitehead Maude Caffey - Lila Strange
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12812 ark:/21198/zz002hmwg5
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Nurses--American--California--Los Angeles Uniforms Caffey, Maude Pearl, (Maude P. Cole), b. 1901 or 02-1986 Payne, Pauline, b. 1893 Strange, Lila, Nurse Hurley, Francis, b. 1912 Whitehead, Charles H., 1873-1942
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