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- Design Drawing, "Bed-Chair for Hospital Use," by Robert Propst, September 2, 1959 -
- September 02, 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Design Drawing, "Bed-Chair for Hospital Use," by Robert Propst, September 2, 1959
- Frontier Nursing Service Field Hospital, Children's Outdoor Ward, 1931 - Mary Breckinridge, the daughter of a prominent Southern family, established the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in 1925. Breckinridge initially backed the enterprise with her own money, but soon cultivated wealthy individuals, including Clara Ford and her son Edsel, to help support the FNS. Through her philanthropic efforts, Breckinridge brought qualified nurse-midwives and modern, life-saving healthcare to many inaccessible areas of eastern Kentucky.
- 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Frontier Nursing Service Field Hospital, Children's Outdoor Ward, 1931
Mary Breckinridge, the daughter of a prominent Southern family, established the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in 1925. Breckinridge initially backed the enterprise with her own money, but soon cultivated wealthy individuals, including Clara Ford and her son Edsel, to help support the FNS. Through her philanthropic efforts, Breckinridge brought qualified nurse-midwives and modern, life-saving healthcare to many inaccessible areas of eastern Kentucky.
- Nurse Attending a Patient at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, October 1927 - In 1915, Henry Ford funded a new hospital for Detroit. Designed and built in consultation with leading medical experts, Henry Ford Hospital employed salaried doctors and charged low, fixed fees to patients. By Mr. Ford's death in 1947, some 1,600 people were on the hospital's staff and more than $16.5 million had been invested in the facility.
- October 17, 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Nurse Attending a Patient at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, October 1927
In 1915, Henry Ford funded a new hospital for Detroit. Designed and built in consultation with leading medical experts, Henry Ford Hospital employed salaried doctors and charged low, fixed fees to patients. By Mr. Ford's death in 1947, some 1,600 people were on the hospital's staff and more than $16.5 million had been invested in the facility.
- Hospital Bed Designed by Robert Propst, August 1960 -
- August 01, 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Hospital Bed Designed by Robert Propst, August 1960
- Pediatric Bed Prototype, circa 1970 -
- circa 1970
- Collections - Artifact
Pediatric Bed Prototype, circa 1970