Nursing, Hospital, & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s-1940s nursing graduate pin from the California School of Practical Nursing. The pin is nicely enameled in red, white and blue and engraved on reverse with the nurse's...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully enameled sterling silver Victoria, Australia general registered nurse pin. The pin came to us along with two other pins (they are listed at the bottom of this page)...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Cadet Nurse Corps pledge pin. The pin reads PLEDGE U.S. CADET NURSE CORPS across a wreathed Knight's cross. The Corps was set up during World War II to train...

ARTIFACT: This is an enameled sterling silver registered general nurse pin from Tasmania. The pin came to us along with two other pins (they are listed at the bottom of this page). The pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1931 named nurse graduation pin by Balfour for St. Joseph's Hospital in Lowell, Massachusetts. Renamed in 1930, the Lowell Corporation Hospital had begun as the nation's...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered circa 1920s or 1930s nursing graduation pin from Lankenau Hospital of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania in the eastern part of the state. Lankenau Hospital opened in 1860. The pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1911 nursing pin from St. Luke's Hospital of New York City by Schumann & Sons. The St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing was incorporated in 1898, just over a half century...

ARTIFACT: This is a set of two pieces; a pin and a charm, both made of bronze, for the St. Barnabus Guild for Nurses. Both pieces are in the shape of an oval with a pierced fluer-de-lis-ed cross at...