Capping Ceremony, 1940

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Title

Capping Ceremony, 1940

Subject

VUMC History, Nursing, Vanderbilt Alumni

Description

Freshman nursing student Elsie Hlava and Miss Carra Lou McCaskill (instructor and president, alumnae association) light candles during the freshman capping ceremony. The candles symbolize Florence Nightingale's ("The Lady of the Lamp") dedication to tending her patients at all hours.

Creator

John E. Hood

Source

Mary Lou Donaldson Photograph Collection, Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections

Date

1940-06-04

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Identifier

Nurs_19_01_088

Coverage

nineteenfortytwo

Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

10 in. x 8 in.

People Depicted

Ordered left to right as they appear in the image, starting from the top left.

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

John E. Hood, “Capping Ceremony, 1940,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed March 27, 2023, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/11718.

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