Item of the Month
Nurse Uniform
Item of the Month is a series of articles featuring some of the amazing treasures that can be found in the BHA archives. A rare glimpse of the technology, fashion, and everyday items of a bygone era.
This nurse’s uniform belonged to Frances “Denny” Edwards who worked at the Pureair Sanatorium in Bayfield.
She worked for 35 years as a registered nurse. She received a certificate for her “outstanding service toward improving community health in the fight against emphysema, tuberculosis and air pollution.”
Frances “Denny” Edwards. Click image to enlarge.
Nurse uniform. Click image to enlarge.
Nurse uniform. Click image to enlarge.
Frances was named Assistant Administrator of Pureair Sanatorium before she retired in 1975. She also provided care to the community during the flood of 1942 as a nurse with the Red Cross.
She married Hjalmer Edwards in 1938 and they divorced in 1961. When Frances died in 2014 at the age of 102, she had three children, seven grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.
Pureair Sanitorium – Bayfield. Click image to enlarge.
Pureair Sanitorium – Bayfield. Click image to enlarge.
Uniform cape buttons. Click image to enlarge.
St. Joseph’s Hospital collar insignia. Click image to enlarge.
American National Red Cross nurse pin. Click image to enlarge.
St. Joseph’s Hospital pin. Click image to enlarge.
A view of the stacks in the Pike Research Center. Click image to enlarge.
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