Christmas decorations in the Childrens Ward at the Rockhampton Hospital 1938
Title Christmas decorations in the Childrens Ward at the Rockhampton Hospital 1938
Description The photograph shows a typical Christmas Display on the verandah of the Childrens Ward at the Rockhampton Hospital ca. 1938. Three young patients appear in the scene which was set up by Sister Curran and Nurses Foley, Wells, Sykes, McGillivray, Herridge and McNeill. The back of the photograph is annotated ‘A. Smith/Auton’. Avis Auton was a student nurse at the Rockhampton Hospital between 1937 and 1940.
Image Number 520
Publisher Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original) Photograph donated by Mrs Avis Smith née Auton
Subject Christmas in hospitals
Subject Hospital wards
Subject Rockhampton Hospital
Coverage - Spatial Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
Coverage - Time ca. 1938
Format of Original photographic print : b&w 20.3 cm x 14.4 cm; scan .tif 11.5 MB 2387 x 1681 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.