Item 73321 - Student nurse in maternity ward of Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1926
- Item 73321 - Student nurse in maternity ward of Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1926
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Image Info Maine General Hospital was the predecessor of Maine Medical Center. It was built on Bramhall Hill, the area known as the West End in Portland, and opened it's doors to patients in 1874.
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The student nurse from Maine General Hospital School of Nursing held a newborn baby wearing a cloth pinned around it's stomach, in the maternity ward. Identities of nurse and child are unknown.
