1912-3 - Presque Isle’s first hospital, located on Second Street next to what is now City Hall. The hospital opened
on April 8, 1912. During its first year of operation, the hospital served 359 patients.
1923 photo of physicians, nursing supervisors, and student nurses at Presque Isle General Hospital. Physicians
are Drs. Dobson, Kilburn, and Graves. Registered nurses are Marian Hanson and Margaret Cowan, at left, and
Corabelle Jewett, right. Student nurses are Lillian McManus, Dorothy Riley, Ruby Kelley, Carrie Campbell, Mary
Haley, Astrid Lund, Ruth Soderstrom, Sarah Butler, Freda Johnson, and Verna Jardine.
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