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A Postcard View: St. Luke’s Hospital 1898
The Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center recently received a donation of postcards showing different buildings and scenes around Davenport over the years. The above postcard is a black and white photo of St. Luke’s Hospital taken around 1898. The building was formerly the Daniel … Continue reading
Not Exactly Neighborly: The City Hospital Fire of 1860
Every city experiences growing pains along the way, and Davenport, Iowa is no different. As population and businesses grew during the nineteenth century the city began to adapt. Davenport’s city council realized early on that two medical facilities to treat … Continue reading
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Tagged Arson, City Hospital, Davenport, Disease, Fires, Hospitals, Iowa, Local History, Pest Houses
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St. Luke’s Training School for Nurses
Today starts National Nurses Week. To honor these indispensable people, let’s take a look at the first nurses’ school in Davenport: When St. Lukes’s Hospital (now Genesis East) was first organized, it naturally had nurses on staff. But after only … Continue reading
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Tagged Hospitals, Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Luke's Training School for Nurses
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