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University Hospital - Laundry Room

A-854
Item
Mar. 1955

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

View of seven female staff members in laundry room; a registered nurse supervises as the others fold laundry.

University Hospital - Interior

A-853
Item
March 1955

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Depicts two women in white uniforms working in what appears to be the laundry room. Their badges read "Central Supply" and the machines are label "Steritrol".

University Hospital - Intensive Care Unit

A-4488
Item
Jan. 1966

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

View of three patients from the attendant's office of the Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948 and 1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7,000,000.00, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by Bentley, T.J., Saskatchewan Minister of Health on May 1955.The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Intensive Care Unit

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

View of a room in the new unit.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948-1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7 million, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by T.J. Bentley, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, on 14 May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital on 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Intensive Care Unit

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

View of unit and a patient's bed.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948-1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7 million, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by T.J. Bentley, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, on 14 May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital on 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Intensive Care Unit

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

View of a room in the unit.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948-1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7 million, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by T.J. Bentley, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, on 14 May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital on 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Front View

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Front view of the University Hospital's main entrance. Summer scene.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948 and 1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7,000,000.00, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by Bentley, T.J., Saskatchewan Minister of Health on May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Front View

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Front view of the University Hospital. Summer scene.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948 and 1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7,000,000.00, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by Bentley, T.J., Saskatchewan Minister of Health on May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Exterior

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

The main entrance to the hospital. Cars in the foreground.

University Hospital - Early Construction

A-3784
Item
Sept. 1948

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Elevated view looking west at early stages of foundation construction.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948-1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7 million, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by T.J. Bentley, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, in May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital on 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Crest

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Facsimile of crest over the main entrance of University Hospital.

Bio/Historical Note: The University Hospital coat of arms incorporates a couchant lion above and the three wheat sheaves below modified by the inclusion of the coat of arms of Sir William Harvey, the discover of the circulation of the blood. In the centre is a caduceus with two serpents, the symbol of Mercury, the god of commerce and peace which, though often used, as in the crest of the Canadian and American Army Medical Corps, is not the proper symbol of medicine. The staff in the caduceus is replaced by an arm holding a lighted candle symbolizing the search for knowledge and its dissemination.

University Hospital - Crest

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Crest over the main entrance to original part of the University Hospital.

Bio/Historical Note: The University Hospital coat of arms incorporates a couchant lion above and the three wheat sheaves below modified by the inclusion of the coat of arms of Sir William Harvey, the discover of the circulation of the blood. In the centre is a caduceus with two serpents, the symbol of Mercury, the god of commerce and peace which, though often used, as in the crest of the Canadian and American Army Medical Corps, is not the proper symbol of medicine. The staff in the caduceus is replaced by an arm holding a lighted candle symbolizing the search for knowledge and its dissemination.

University Hospital - Cornerstone Laying Ceremony

A-1431
Item
19 Sept. 1952

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Premier T.C. Douglas descends the platform stairs with several dignitaries after the cornerstone ceremony for University Hospital.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948-1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7 million, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by T.J. Bentley, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, in May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital on 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Cornerstone Laying Ceremony

A-7193
Item
19 Sept. 1952

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Premier T.C. Douglas lays the cornerstone of University Hospital. Dignitaries join the Premier in attendance.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948 and 1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7 million, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by T.J. Bentley, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, in May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital on 23 May 1990.

University Hospital - Cornerstone Laying Ceremony

A-1429
Item
19 Sept. 1952

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Premier T.C. Douglas stands on a platform with dignitaries at the cornerstone laying ceremony for University Hospital.

Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948-1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7 million, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by T.J. Bentley, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, in May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital on 23 May 1990.

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