PPLD Digital Collections

An exterior view of St. Francis Hospital and Chapel. Printed on front "St. Francis Hospital and Chapel Colorado Springs, Colorado" 1

An exterior view of St. Francis Hospital. Printed on back 1

An exterior view of St. Francis Hospital. Printed on front "St. Francis Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colo." 1

An inside view of the Memorial Hospital chapel. Printed on the back of card 1

Assisted by four nurses, two patients in wheelchairs and one ambulatory patient are being moved into new facilities at St. Francis Hospital. An automobile with an open door that transported the patients is backed to the stone and brick building entrance. 1

Brick and stone building annotated above the entrance with “Recreation Hall" with tile roof and small cupola, identified on back as Colorado State Hospital. Man stands on double-sided stairway in front. 1

Brick building addition with carved sign reading "Penrose Pavilion Addition 1945." 1

Brick building addition with carved sign reading "Penrose Pavilion". 1

Brick building attached to residence on wide street. Building at left has sign "Electropathic Institute." Photo identified on back as 1610-1612 West Colorado Avenue. 1

Building visible on the right was the chapel. 1

Crestone Heights Sanitarium built in 1926, located at 225 West Brookside Street. 1

Entrance and driveway of the Colorado Springs Medical Center at 209 South Nevada Avenue. Sign in front reads "Patient Parking Entrance & Exit." Note on back states that it formally opened to the public Jan. 1, 1965. 1

Exterior view of new St. Francis Hospital. 1

Exterior view of the building. 1

Exterior view of the building. A 1954 Plymouth and mid-1930s pickup truck are parked in the foreground. 1

First class of nursing students in front of St. Francis Hospital. 1

Four women in nurse's uniforms and caps sitting on stone steps by brick wall. Note on back reads "Student nurses on steps of nurses' home." 1

Four women in uniforms working at counter with chemicals and equipment. Photo identified on back as Penrose Hospital. 1

Front entrance to a large two-story wood-frame building with automobiles parked in an adjacent lot. Annotation at bottom of the print reads "Camp Carson U. S. Army General Hospital - Hospital Center Headquarters". 1

Front of Beth-El Hospital from across Boulder Street with trees lining the curb. 1

Front of Beth-El Hospital looking north from Boulder Street. The hospital was located at 1400 E. Boulder Street and opened in 1911. After purchasing the hospital in 1943, the City of Colorado Springs changed the name to Memorial Hospital. 1

Front view of Memorial Hospital with parked cars from the 1950s and early 1960s. Printed on the back of card 1

Hand painted color view of Colorado Springs Psychopathic Hospital (also known as the Emory John Brady Hospital.) Historical records indicate that a new unit housing 60 patients was completed in 1930. 1

Interior of chapel at St. Francis showing pews, vaulted ceilings and altars. 1

Julia Work, standing left, and another nurse pose behind a porch swing at Beth-El Hospital. In the shade, a child lays in a bed on wheels. 1

Laboratory workers in unidentified hospital. 1

Large brick buildings with grassland in front and streetcar #2 at right. Note on back reads "Bethel Hospital on left, School of Nursing on right." 1

Large building with sign reading "Fremont Co. Farm and Hospital" over doorway. Small stream with rocky bank is in foreground. 1

Large stucco building with arched porches on well-kept grounds, identified on back as Colorado Springs Psychopathic Hospital (Emory John Brady Hospital.) 1

Lithograph drawing of Beth-El Hospital. Annotations at the bottom read “From a drawing for the Beth-El yearbook, 1933” and “3/300”. 1

Long hallway with windows in a Camp Carson buildin. Annotation at the bottom reads "One of the building connecting ramp". [Note 1

Long view looking southeast of St. Francis Hospital taken from a bridge over Pikes Peak Avenue to the west. Small houses are visible in the foreground. 1

Long view looking southeast of St. Francis Hospital. 1

Long view looking southeast of St. Francis Hospital. Photo taken for Frank S. Betz Co. 1

Long view looking southeast of St. Francis Hospital. Small houses are visible in the foreground. Note on back reads "St. Francis Hosp. Area to right will be new addition." 1

Main hospital building of the Woodmen Sanatorium. Gardiner tents are visible to the right. Printed on front "M. W. of A. Sanatorium Series" and "No. 3. Receiving Hospital" and "Woodmen, Colorado". Postmarked Me; Oct 19, 1923 1

Modern Woodmen of America Sanitorium 1

Montie Montana and horse inside Ft. Carson hospital. He is kneeling at bedside of child in traction while another child and several adults watch. 1

Named the "Colorado Insane Asylum". One of six images on a full-page spread. 1

Nun in a medical laboratory working at a microscope with a woman in a nursing uniform at St. Francis Hospital. 1

Nun in patient room St. Francis Hospital. 1

Nurse in a treatment or operating room St. Francis Hospital. 1

Nurse wearing cap and gown wheeling newborn infant, identified as photographer's daughter, Kate Wood, in incubator down corridor at Penrose Hospital. 1

Nurses and student nurses in a hospital ward are busy examining patients in beds while two seated patients and two standing student nurses observe. “’58” is annotated in the bottom left of the photo. 1

Nursing students at Memorial Hospital's Beth-EL school of nursing getting instruction in the anatomy of the inner ear. The Beth-EL school of nursing and Memorial Hospital were both established in 1904. 1

One young male and three females dressed in nursing attire pose with an older woman. 1

Ornate altar of church identified on back as the chapel at St. Francis Hospital. Ceiling over altar has ribbed vaults and stained glass windows inset. 1

Ornate altar of church identified on front as the chapel at St. Francis Hospital, designed and constructed by Angus Gillis. Ceiling over altar has ribbed vaults and stained glass windows inset. 1

Patients sit out on sleeping porches at St. Francis Hospital. 1

Photograph on top identified as St. Francis Hospital in the 1960s. Photograph on bottom identified as St. Francis Hospital in the 1980s. Rephotography composite created by Special Collections. Photographs available individually by request. 1

Photograph taken before demolition. The photographer's 1951 Chevy is visible on the left bearing 1956 Colorado license plates. 1

Photograph taken from Cascade Avenue. 1

Photograph taken from the east side. 1

Posed picture of nurses in uniform reading in Glockner-Penrose Hospital. Most are sitting at tables or chairs with writing arms. 1

Printed on front "St. Francis Hospital and Sanatorium, Colorado Springs, Colorado". Printed on back "St. Francis Hospital is owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Francis". Identified on back as 1942. 1

Printed on front "St. Francis Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colo." 1

Printed on front "St. Francis Sanatorium Colorado Ave." 1

Receiving Hospital at Modern Woodmen of America Sanitorium. 1

Saint Francis Hospital taken from just north of Prospect Lake (where the tennis tennis court in Memorial Park are now. The old Antlers Hotel and Colorado Springs High School are visible in the background. 1

Seven young women in nurse uniforms and holding babies pose for a group photo with six babies in wicker bassinets in the foreground. One man wearing a suit holds two babies in the middle of the group. 1

Sister Immaculata at St. Francis Hospital. 1

Sister Richarda on steps at St. Francis Hospital Chapel. 1

Sprawling buildings of Glockner-Penrose Hospital with cars parked in front. 1

St. Francis Hospital sun porches on roof with frameworks for canopies. 1

St. Francis Hospital sun porches with frameworks for canopies. 1

St. Francis Hospital. 1

Standing group portrait of the Sisters of Charity at Penrose Hospital. 1

Student nurses standing in front of shingled building with wooden sidewalk. Note on back reads "Children's Pavilion in background." 1

Students at Memorial Hospital's Beth-EL school of nursing perform work in a laboratory. The Beth-EL school of nursing and Memorial Hospital were both established in 1904. 1

Students at Memorial Hospital's Beth-EL school of nursing receieve instruction in how to take a patient's vital signs. The Beth-EL school of nursing and Memorial Hospital were both established in 1904. 1

Students at Memorial Hospital's Beth-EL school of nursing receive instruction in food preparation for patients. The Beth-EL school of nursing and Memorial Hospital were both established in 1904. 1

Students at Memorial Hospital's Beth-EL school of nursing receive instruction in the anatomy of a skeleton. The Beth-EL school of nursing and what became known as Memorial Hospital were both established in 1904. 1

The rear of Beth-El Hospital in the late stages of construction looking south. The hospital was located at 1400 E. Boulder Street and opened in 1911. After purchasing the hospital in 1943, the City of Colorado Springs changed the name to Memorial Hospital. 1

Trick rider Montie Montana and his horse visit wounded soldiers in the Fort Carson Hospital prior to the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. 1

View of Beth-El Hospital with several automobiles parked to the left of buildings. 1

View of Colorado Springs Psychopathic Hospital, also known as the Emory John Brady Hospital, showing main building. 1

View of Glockner Hospital (now Penrose Hospital) from across the street. 1

View of Glockner-Penrose Hospital on Cascade Avenue with parked cars in front. 1

View of Teller County Hospital in Cripple Creek in snow. 1

View of a partially demolished building. A Chas. Adams Excavating company crane is in the foreground. 1

View of a partially demolished structure. 1

View of exterior side facing Cascade Avenue. 1

View of kitchen at Penrose Hospital with women in uniform posing in middle of food preparation. 1

View of old Glockner Hospital from street in front. Cars are parked on the grounds and outside the gates. Tree stumps and sawn logs are visible on the grounds. 1

View of steel building frame. 1

View of the building entrance on Cascade Avenue. 2

View of the building's exterior facing Cascade Avenue. A 1955 Plymouth 2-door sedan is parked in the foreground. 1

View of the construction of Penrose Hospital. 4

View of the construction of Penrose Hospital. Glockner Hospital is visible on the right. 3

View of the exterior of Penrose Hospital after completion. 1

View of the exterior of St. Francis Hospital looking southeast across Prospect Street. A garage with a sign reading "Don Demark / Service" [located at 745 E. Pikes Peak] is visible in the foreground. 1

View of the hospital from across the street. 1

View of the hospital with cars parked along the driveway. 1

View of two wooden buildings with stone foundations and porch along four doors on side of first building. "Smallpox Hospital" is written on side of second building. "City Isolation Hospital (For Small-pox exclusively)" is written on bottom of print. 1

West side addition to St. Francis Hospital. 1

Young children on wooden glider on porch of Children's Pavilion. Wicker pram is visible in back. Photo identified on back. 1