TRAINING AT BREWSTER

(Source of image: Florida Collection, Main Public Library, Jacksonville)

It looks as if all of the nurses-to-be posed for this picture.  This wonderful postcard dates from around 1920.  According to the caption on the card's back, Brewster Hospital "has a capacity of 30 beds and is mostly a surgical hospital.  The Training School numbers 15 pupil-nurses." The postcard listed the following staff members: Bertha E. Dean, R.N., Superintendent.; Mary E. Seward, Matron; Belle Whitcomb, R.N., Directress of Nurses; Bertha M. Salisburg, Office Secretary; and Mrs. D. B. Street, General Secretary.

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