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Nurses Prize Giving DayGroup of four nurses in uniform inspecting a book prize Date: circa 1949
Surgeon, nurses and anaesthetist with patientSurgeon, three nurses and an anaesthetist stand next to an unconscious patient on an operating table. Date: circa 1930
Nurses preparing for surgeryTwo nurses in operating theatre. One nurse is helping the other into surgical garments. An operating table is visible in the foreground, with a large hanging light overhead. Date: circa 1930
Nurses assisting doctor during surgeryTwo nurses and doctor over patient on operating table Date: circa 1930
Nurse with child and dollNurse showing a small girl a doll used for demonstrating procedures to children. Date: circa 1980
Presentation of prize to nurseNurse receiving prize of book with matron in background Date: circa 1949
Nurse with elderly patientNurse wearing uniform with cape and starched cap standing next to male patient in striped dressing gown on bed. Patient is hooked up to monitor at top left. Date: circa 1990
Childrens nurse sitting with a child in a hospital bed reading a Mr Men book. Used in the first issue of the re-launched Nursing Standard
Nurse in front of treesHead and shoulders shot of Nurse C F Johnson standing in hospital grounds Date: circa 1950
Nurse with Christmas decorations and flowersNurse standing at table in ward with Christmas decorations and flower arrangements Date: circa 1930
Male ward of Royal Victoria Hospital BournemouthNurses and patients in male ward of Royal Victoria Hospital at Christmas Date: circa 1930
Nurses on bridge in GenevaThree nurses in Queen Alexandra?s Imperial Military Nursing Service uniform standing on a bridge in a forest in winter Date: circa 1920
Childrens ward tea party with nurses, matron and three ladies. Date: circa 1920
Allergy testingState Enrolled Nurse Anna Glendinning prepares a skin patch test to determine causes of allergies. Date: circa 1980
Nurse at deskNurse in checked uniform sitting doing paperwork at office desk Date: circa 1980
Nurse holding a clipboardNurse Louise Tilley on a hospital ward Date: circa 1985
Nurse seated at deskNurse Louise Tilley working at a desk on a hospital ward Date: circa 1985
Nurses in an operating theatreThree nurses laughing in an empty operating theatre. The nurse at centre wears glasses and holds a surgical instrument. There is an autoclave on the floor next to a radiator on their left
A Hospital LaundryWomen working in the laundry of Guys Hospital, London Date: circa 1940
A small private ward in an unknown hospital. Date: circa 1930
Hospital prize-giving ceremonyThe prize-giving ceremony at Leeds General Infirmary for graduating student nurses. Presentation of a hospital general nursing certificate to a student nurse. Date: 1930
A hospital cleanerA ward cleaner from an unknown hospital. Date: circa 1930
Secretary carrying a typewriterA matron?s secretary carrying a portable typewriter into the College of Nursing headquarters building, London. Date: 1926
Student nurses working with bandagesGuy?s Hospital Preliminary Training School, London. Student nurses sit at a table together preparing laundered bandages to make splints Date: circa 1930
Student nurses in a classroomClassroom with a doctor teaching anatomy to a group of student nurses accompanied by their ward sister, location unknown. The Metropolitan Asylums Board (London)
Nursing classroomAn empty classroom at the City & District Infirmary York probationer school founded in 1923. Table at centre with small microscope, and bed on left hand side with large doll. Date: circa 1923
Home delivery room demonstrationA room as it should be prepared for a maternity case by a Queens (district) nurse. Features a bed with a large pillow and sheets turned back, newspaper and bucket on floor and cot to one side
Two nurses in a gardenTwo nurses stand under a tree in a garden. Nurse on right wear dark armband and sash. Reverse reads: Sister Williams S[taff] Nurse Parsons, Battle Hospital 1933-1936 Date: circa 1935
Two nurses standing outside hospital building and large window. Nurse on left wears round glasses and wristwatch. Date: circa 1935
Childrens wardNurses and patients in a childrens ward, possibly at Cheltenham hospital. Two children sit on chairs on either side of a nurses station. One nurse sits with a baby on her lap and two stand at centre
Prize Giving at the General Hospital, HerefordFormal group of nurses sitting on raised platform with two matrons and unknown man at centre. The nurses hold prizes of books and certificate scrolls. Large flower arrangements to left and right
Skin-graft surgery preparationSurgeons returning from the war were anxious to practice newly acquired skills such as skin grafts. Here the patient is being anesthetised for surgery. Date: 1946
Nurses on children?s wardNurses and children on children?s ward with toys and plants. Date: circa 1930
Nurses on maternity wardNurses and patients of maternity ward, St. Thomas? Hospital. Several beds have attached hanging cradles Date: circa 1920
Nurses on children?s wardNurses and patients of children?s ward, Mildmay Mission Hospital Date: circa 1920
Student nurses in a classroomStudent nurses seated at desks in a classroom sitting the University College Hospital (London) preliminary examination. Print no. 42082 Date: 1930
Dance card - programmeDance card for the Annual Ball of the Metropolitan Police, Holborn Division, held at the Holborn Restaurant on 27th January 1913, listing the 24 dances
Children in a sailing boatTwo children and their dog go for a bracing ride in a sailing boat accompanied by a jolly old sea salt. Date: c.1920
The 1958 Season - The last PresentationsPage from The Tatler reporting on the last presentations of debutantes to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the Season of 1958
Timken tapered roller bearing axleboxes - trainA recent innovation by British Timken Ltd - a tapered-roller-bearing wagon bearing unit for freight stock made suitable for high speed and replacing the old plain-bearing axlebox
Tatler cover - Pucci dress, 1958Front cover of The Tatler, 12 March 1958, Spring Fashion Number featuring a summer dance dress by master of the colourful print, Italian designer Emilio Pucci
Victor Stiebel & Lady Pamela BerryTwo prominent figures in fashion attending the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers ball at Dartmouth House in February 1958
Princess May of Teck (Queen Mary)Princess May of Teck (1867 - 1953), later Queen Mary. In December 1891, May was engaged to Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of Edward VII, However, Albert Victor died six weeks later
Fancy dress en route to India, c. 1920Male passengers on board a ship bound for India posed on deck in a variety of strange fancy dress. There are a few clowns, a nurse and a somewhat sinister chap holding two sheeps heads on plate
Dance card - programmeFront of a dance card and programme for a 29th Annual Ball of the Metropolitan Policel, Holborn Division, 27th January 1913. Date: 1913
Dance card with attached small pencil, kept by ladies at balls so they could mark off partners who requested a dance. This card is from an At Home at Scarbrook House, held on 14th April 1898
The Tatler front cover - Debutante Number 1958Front cover of The Tatler Debutante number for 1958, the year in which debutantes were presented at the last royal courts before the ritual was stopped by Buckingham Palace