Nursing, Hospital, & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s vocational nurse pin from the Downey Adult Education School in California, which was established in the 1930s. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in height and 9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Vocational Nursing graduation pin from Cooke County College in Texas. The pin is gold-filled and enameled by Pollack. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" x 13/16" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-filled with...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1960s Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) graduation pin from De Anza College in San Francisco, California, founded in 196The pin is by Josten's, and has the head of Juan Bautista de Anza, a Spanish explorer, at its center...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Galileo Vocational Nurse graduation pin from San Francisco, California. The octagonal pin is in gold-filled silver by Granat Brothers Jewelers of California. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s pin by Elliott for Simmons Nursing School, a Massachusetts institution around since early in the twentieth century. The pin is gold-filled and reads PT (Physical Therapy) on the front in enameling. VINTAGE: Circa 1960's...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1965 10K gold Exeter School of Practical Nursing graduation pin. The center of the pin shows a single, lit candlestick and surrounding it a disc of light blue enamel that reads: "EXETER SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL NURSING". The reverse shows...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Bryman School of Nursing pin by Jostens. Esther Bryman founded the Bryman Schools, all for different medical disciplines, in 1960 in California. The pin is in a cameo style. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 1" x...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1950s nursing school graduation pin in enameled 10 karat gold. He pin shows the Lamp of Knowledge at the center of a blue cross and reads "St. J.L.A.W." at bottom. There is an unidentified maker mark on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful nursing pin is made of gold filled and is in the shape of an circle. In the center of the pin is a cross and a lamp of knowledge. Around this are two circles, the innermost reading FORT WORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL and the outermost...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1950s Atlantic County (New Jersey) Vocational School of Practical Nursing graduation pin. The pin is enameled in blue and white and shows the State of New Jersey alongside the Lamp of Knowledge. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is an enameled 10 karat gold nursing graduation pin from Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital in Gardner, Massachusetts. It is in the shape of a cross with a caduceus at center, and is engraved with the original owner's initials on reverse...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s student pin for the Chicago Post Graduate School of Nursing. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass, enamel. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with drop-in locking...