On View
Making a Way Gallery
Exhibition
Making a Way Out of No Way
Subject of
Homer G. Phillips Hospital, American, 1937 - 1979
Date
September 5, 1947
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (Open): 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
H x W (Closed): 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (21.6 × 14 cm)
Description
A graduation program for the Homer G. Phillips Hospital School of Nursing. The event was held on Friday, September 5, 1947 at Stowe Teachers College in Saint Louis, Missouri. The program is a single sheet of paper that was previously folded in half on a vertical crease. The program is made of white paper with black text. The front page reads: [HOMER G. PHILLIPS HOSPITAL / School of Nursing / GRADUATION EXERCISES / Friday, September 5, 1947 / 8 P. M. / STOWE TEACHERS COLLEGE / 2615 NORTH PENDLETON AVENUE / SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI]. There is a stylized line forming a border across the top and bottom of the page. A graphic of a knot is located above and below the date and time. There is a printing logo centered at the bottom next to the number [162]. The program is listed on the left inside page. The seventeen (17) graduating students are listed on the right page. Ushers are listed on the back page.
Place depicted
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Type
programs
Topic
Education
Medicine
Nursing
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pauline Brown Payne
Object number
2013.90.6
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd567fa664d-a599-4097-8282-d0344e5bba4b

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