Name/Title
DollEntry/Object ID
1997.45.1-.2Description
CG: .1: Doll. Used for teaching at Nursing school of Germantown Hospital. Male, youth, painted dark hair blue eyes, pink plae lips and tongue. Arms and legs move at shoulders and hips. Holes in ears, nose, mouth for cathertization. Wearing pink and blue sweatshirt with kittens on front. Says "HUG ME!" Royal blue childs underwear, says on back "BLUE RIBBON BABY". Graphic of award ribbon with "#1".
.2: Doll. Used for teaching at Nursing School of Germantown Hospital. Female, youth, short dark hair, painted brown eyes, pale pink lips and tongue. Arms and legs move at shoulders and hips. Holes in ears, nose, mouth and for cathertization. Wearing seersucker nightgown with rosebuds and blue trim, snaps in back.
LSK: .1 = infant male doll, 23 inches tall, 12.5 inches wide and 6 inches deep; .2 = toddler female doll, 30 inches tall, 16 inches wide and 9 inches deep. Two lifesize training dolls used by Germantown Hospital School of Nursing, porbably to teach CPR, doll are soft plastic.Provenance
Notes
Used for nursing education at Germantown Hospital School of Nursing around hte 1940's as stated by Loretta Henry, R.N., M.S.N., Medical Surgical Instructor. Donated by Germantown Hospital School of Nursing, Mary Dorr, Director of Nursing Education, 3 Penn Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19144. Donated November 13, 1997.