In this post, we have compiled a few historical images of healthcare workers from the Open Collections. We wanted to take this opportunity to send out our thanks to the tireless nurses, doctors, and all the other healthcare workers who are working hard and saving lives—today and every day.
The following images from the World War I British Press Photograph Collection portray medics working during wartime.
Official photographs taken on the British Western Front in France: At a base hospital – Attending a wounded Tommy, [between 1914 and 1918?]
Official photographs taken on the British Western Front in France: At a base hospital – These wounded Tommies were very anxious to show their little mascot, a small black kitten, [between 1914 and 1918?]
Official photographs taken on the British Western Front: A sister has been given a souvenir by one of her patients on a hospital barge, [between 1914 and 1918?]
Official photographs taken on the British Western Front: Sandbags instead of handbags – Lady ambulance drivers in France, [between 1914 and 1918?]
Official photographs taken on the British Western Front in France: In a laboratory of a base hospital, [between 1914 and 1918?]
Official photographs taken on the British Western Front in France: In the laboratory of a base hospital, [between 1914 and 1918?]
[Chinese hospital clinic], 1935
Senior nurse and nursing student at nursing station at Vancouver General Hospital, ca. early 1900s
Nursing staff on lawn in front of Vancouver City Hospital, 1902
Operating room, Vancouver General Hospital, 1906
Vancouver General Hospital students, VGH Class of 1908
Nurses in anatomy class being taught at Vancouver General Hospital, [1935]
Patient in oxygen tent at Vancouver General Hospital with a student nurse, ca. 1950s
Nursing student Arlene Aish with young patient at Vancouver General Hospital, 1957
Two unidentified UBC Nursing students during extended care experience in UBC Hospital Purdy Pavilion with an elderly female patient, [between 1980 and 1989]
