Title:
Presentation of Baby Incubator to Ketchikan General Hospital by Beta Sgima Phi Sorority, 1953
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
Ketchikan Daily News photo caption (image 2003.2.63.880), 12/19/1953
"Incubator Presented to City
Mayor George H. Beck, on behalf of the city of Ketchikan accepted a new incubator which was recently purchased by Beta Sigma Phi for the Ketchikan General Hospital. Making the presentation is Marrie Johanson, president of the joint executive board of Beta Sigma Phi. Present were Marian Towle, Mary Lee Ellis, Beverly Zaugg, Marjorie Thorson, members of the sorority; Doctor Ralph W. Carr, who made the arrangements for the purchase of the incubator; Sister Camillus and nurses Tomlinson and Field, representing the hospital."
Ketchikan Daily News article, 12/19/1953
"Beta Sigma Phi Purchases Incubator for Hospital
Shown above is the Armstrong H.H. Baby Incubator, deluxe model, Mark III, which was purchased for Ketchikan General Hospital by Beta Sigma Phi sorority. It has been shipped from the factory in Cleveland, Ohio, and will arrive here within the next few days. Manufactured by the Gordon Armstrong Company, incorporated, the baby incubator is one of 19,000 in use all over the world. Ten years ago, the company produced the first incubator to be tested and approved by the Underwriters' laboratories and accepted by the American Medical association. Refinements in the original design make it the choice of most hospitals for general nursery uses, and have greatly simplified the care of premature infants."
"Incubator Presented to City
Mayor George H. Beck, on behalf of the city of Ketchikan accepted a new incubator which was recently purchased by Beta Sigma Phi for the Ketchikan General Hospital. Making the presentation is Marrie Johanson, president of the joint executive board of Beta Sigma Phi. Present were Marian Towle, Mary Lee Ellis, Beverly Zaugg, Marjorie Thorson, members of the sorority; Doctor Ralph W. Carr, who made the arrangements for the purchase of the incubator; Sister Camillus and nurses Tomlinson and Field, representing the hospital."
Ketchikan Daily News article, 12/19/1953
"Beta Sigma Phi Purchases Incubator for Hospital
Shown above is the Armstrong H.H. Baby Incubator, deluxe model, Mark III, which was purchased for Ketchikan General Hospital by Beta Sigma Phi sorority. It has been shipped from the factory in Cleveland, Ohio, and will arrive here within the next few days. Manufactured by the Gordon Armstrong Company, incorporated, the baby incubator is one of 19,000 in use all over the world. Ten years ago, the company produced the first incubator to be tested and approved by the Underwriters' laboratories and accepted by the American Medical association. Refinements in the original design make it the choice of most hospitals for general nursery uses, and have greatly simplified the care of premature infants."
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.880
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Baby Incubator presentation, 1953
Baby Incubator presentation, 1953