Photograph, Albumen: Nurses of the Lady Stanley Institute, Ottawa, with Gertrude Moore
Entry/Object ID
P21
Description
One sepia photograph glued to backing, depicts Gertrude Moore, Lady Superintendent of Nurses at the Lady Stanley Institute, seated in high back chair, wearing a long sleeve, floor length dress (Peter Pan collar, leg of mutton sleeves). She has several sheets of paper on her lap and is looking at a sheet held in both hands. On each side is a seated nurse and standing behind her are five other nurses. All are looking at the sheet in her hands as well. The nurses are wearing full length uniforms - long sleeves and skirt with an apron. The bib of the apron is v-shaped. Their hair is combed and pinned under their cap. Behind them is a painted photographer's backdrop. Pressed into lower proper right corner of photograph: "TOPLEY PHOTOGRAPH" and at proper left, "OTTAWA"; on back: "FARM -----(ILLEGIBLE)".
Made/Created
Date made
1893
Notes
Country of Origin: CANADA
Support: PAPER
Paper, Cardboard, Photographic, Photography, Photography
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
PRESSED INTO LOWER PROPER RIGHT CORNER OF PHOTO: "TOPLEY PHOTO" AND AT PROPER LEFT, "OTTAWA"; ON BACK: "FARM -----(ILLEGIBLE)"
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Print, Albumen
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Photograph, Photograph, Communication Artifacts
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Photograph, Albumen
Dimensions
Height
21.6 cm
Width
27.6 cm
Research Notes
Notes
Result: Identified
Superintendent Gertrude Moore with the first graduating class of the Lady Stanley Institute for Trained Nurses, May 31, 1893. The Countess of Derby presented medals and diplomas to: Nancy Wilson, Agnes Cameron, Lena Snow, Daisy Cornwall, Sophia Russell, Lizzie Harbeck and Grace Harris. Sheriff Sweetland, President, remarked that "the graduating class...would be an honor [sic] to the institution and a credit to the city." [The Ottawa Journal, June 1, 1893]
