Nursing, Hospital, & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Great 1937 Nursing School graduation pin from New York State Hospital Central Islip in 10K gold. Central Islip State Hospital, originally opened in 1889 under the name New Colony with about 80 patients, it grew to become the second largest...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1920's – 30's Cambridge Hospital Training School (for nurses) Graduation Pin. The lovely, blue enameled and 10K gold filled pin shows an Ankh in the center surrounded by a white ring of enamel that reads: "MAN TENDS GOD...

ARTIFACT: This is a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health at Gardner, Massachusetts graduation pin for a practical nurse. The pin is by Dorrety of Boston and is circa 1930s. It has an enameled border and the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1900 nursing graduation pin in enameled 14 karat gold for the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. The hospital opened in 1871 in Jamaica Plain (later moving to South Boston) and carried out...

ARTIFACT: Nice old 1910's – 1920's numbered Minnesota Registered Nurse lapel pin in unmarked sterling silver. The center of the lapel pin features a blue enamel disc with the letters "RN" and around it reads: "REGISTERED NURSE MINNESOTA" with a beaded...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s Boston Public Schools nurse pin by Dorrety. The pin shows an enameled red cross with the City of Boston seal at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" in height and 1-1/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1900 member lapel pin for the Nurses Associated Alumnae. The name of the group changed to the American Nurses Association in 191The gold-filled pin is enameled in various colors around its border and has a red cross within...

ARTIFACT: This is an enameled graduation pin in 10 karat gold from Springfield Hospital Training School for Nurses in Massachusetts. The pin is circa 1900, a mere eight years after the school opened with six enrollees. The school closed in 1999...

ARTIFACT: This is a Syosset Hospital Health Services - New York State Department of Education pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 1" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass with blue and white enamel and gold lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1945 Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) Lapel Pin in enameled sterling silver. The Visiting Nurse Service of New York is one of the oldest not-for-profit home healthcare agencies in the country, established in 189In the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1945 Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) Hat Badge in enameled nickel. The Visiting Nurse Service of New York is one of the oldest not-for-profit home healthcare agencies in the country, established in 189In the 40's,...

ARTIFACT: This is scarce 60's graduation pin for Chelsea, Massachusetts Soldier's Home Nursing School. The emblem of the pin depicts a Native American with an arrow in one hand and a longbow in the other. Above and to the right of him is a five-pointed...