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Unknown portrait of a woman. Clothed in Order of the Eastern Star apparel.

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Unknown portrait of a woman. Clothed in Order of the Eastern Star apparel.

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Unknown portrait of a woman. Clothed in Order of the Eastern Star apparel.

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Roanoke's first African American hospital, Burrell Memorial, was founded in 1915 in a small cottage on Henry Street. It soon outgrew the Henry Street location and moved into the former Alleghany Institute, a school for boys located at 611 McDowell…

"Red Cross Canteen Station, Roanoke, Virginia."

Daisy Schley was a nurse at Burrell Memorial Hospital.

The nursing staff of Burrell Memorial Hospital at an unidentified function on the hospital's grounds.

Jefferson Hospital nursing class of 1944.

Children in the nursery of Greenvale School, located at 627 Westwood Boulevard Northwest.

Unidentified nurses pose next the pond once located in Elmwood Park.

Red Cross volunteers at drive for WWI war fund.

Interior view of a typical room in the nurses' building at Catawba Sanatorium. The sanatorium was established in 1908 to quarantine and treat individuals with tuberculosis. Today, Catawba Hospital provides psychiatric and geriatric care.

Nurses relax in the living room of the nurses' building at Catawba Sanatorium. The sanatorium was established in 1908 to quarantine and treat individuals with tuberculosis. Today, Catawba Hospital provides psychiatric and geriatric care.

Nurses' building at Catawba Sanatorium. The sanatorium was established in 1908 to quarantine and treat individuals with tuberculosis. Today, Catawba Hospital provides psychiatric and geriatric care.

Nursing graduate class of 1941. Lewis Gale Hospital.

The nursing class of 1947 on the steps of Jefferson Hospital.

Doctor and nursing staff standing in front of first Burrell Memorial Hospital. This building is the former Alleghany Boys Institute. Burrell was the only African American hospital in Roanoke during segregation. Individuals unidentified.
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