Christmas at Rockhampton Hospital ca. 1935
Title Christmas at Rockhampton Hospital ca. 1935
Description The photograph shows Christmas Day in the Rockhampton Hospital Men‘s ward ca. 1935. The only person identified with the photograph is Sister Ivy Baker who is standing in front of the Merry Christmas sign on the right hand side. However, the nurse on the right of the front row is Margaret (Peg) Davis. Because patients were kept in hospital for longer periods in earlier times and nurses lived in quarters at the hospitals, Christmas was a major event for staff and patients. Members of the Hospitals Board and senior staff members usually visited the wards. Santa Clause distributed gifts to the children.
Image Number 519
Publisher Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original) Photograph donated by Nurse Anne Maud Charles
Subject Baker, Ivy H. M.
Subject Christmas in hospitals
Subject Davis, Margaret (Peg)
Coverage - Spatial Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
Coverage - Time ca. 1935
Format of Original photographic print: b&w 11.3 cm x 7.1 cm; scan .tif 25.2 MB 2679 x 1645 pixels
Digital Format image/jpeg
Rights This image is provided for the purpose of private study and research and must not be reproduced without the permission of the Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.