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General Category => Hackensack History => Online Auctions/Local Images (Moderated by BLeafe) => Topic started by: BLeafe on November 26, 2009, 12:50:21 AM

Title: Ellen D. Voorhis becomes a nurse 1916 - Great Hack Hosp pix!
Post by: BLeafe on November 26, 2009, 12:50:21 AM
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And also becomes an RN in 1918.

I posted the auction for her 1911 Hackensack High School diploma and yearbook a couple of days ago, and now she's taking the next big step in her life.

In one of the photos, it appears that someone is being operated on in a room near two open windows. There are a lot more photos with the auction, but I can only post 10 here.



Seller's description:

ANTIQUE LOT OF 13 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO's PLUS DIPLOMA's

1916 HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY

NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF NURSES  " ELLEN DEMAREST VOORHIS " RIGISTERED NURSE CERTIFICATE MAY 25th, 1918

THE LARGER DIPLOMA MEASURES 18" X 22" HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

ONE OF THE LARGER PHOTO's DOES HAVE A BEND CRACK DOWN MIDDLE, BUT IS NOT COMPLETLY TORN IN HALF.

ALL IN GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE,  SIGNATURES ARE VERY LEDGEABLE, PAPER A LITTLE DISCOLORED FROM AGE, SMALL AMOUNTS OF DAMAGE, SEE PHOTO's ALONG EDGES

THESE ITEMS ARE FROM AN OLD ESTATE WHICH HAS BEEN PACKED AWAY FOR MANY MANY YEARS.




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