Daisy Harroun Behle and Laura G. Willes

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Identifier 001232
Source 038_001232.TIF
Title Daisy Harroun Behle and Laura G. Willes
Subject Nurses--Utah; St. Mark's Hospital (Salt Lake City) School of Nursing
People Behle, Daisy May Harroun; Willes, Laura Gertrude
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Further Information This photograph is in good condition. It was professionally taken and is attached to a hard cream colored mat. The mat is slight soiled. The names Daisy Harroun and Laura Willis [sic] are written in pencil at the bottom of the photograph. The names of the photographers are embossed along the bottom of the photograph: "Ellis and Goodwin, 64 West Second South St., Salt Lake City." On the back, written in blue ink, is : "Daisy Harroun Behle, Laura G Willes, Taken 1897 (approximately)"Both women were early nurses in Utah. Mrs. Behle was married to Dr. Augustus C. Behle, a well know medical doctor in Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated from St. Mark's Hospital nursing school in 1898. She was cited as an "angel of mercy" for her nursing work in connection with the explosion on May 1, 1900, at the mine at Scofield, Utah, where 200 miners were killed. Her detailed obituary with a photograph can be found as follows: Deseret News, May 26, 1969, p. B7. A short funeral announcement for Laura Gertrude Willes can be found as follows: Salt Lake Tribune, April 29, 1949, p. 35.
Creator Ellis and Goodwin, 64 West Second south St. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Funding The Westminster College digital archives project is partially funded by the Masonic Foundation of Utah.
Publisher Westminster College
Date 1897
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Language eng
Coverage 1897
Rights Management Digital image copyright 2006, Westminster College. All rights reserved.
Holding Institution Westminster College
Source Physical Dimensions Archival TIFF 3000 x 4600
Source Resolution 400ppi
Display Dimensions 640 x 480
Bit Depth 8-bit
Scanning Device Epson Expression 836 XL flatbed scanner
ARK ark:/87278/s6c85g8z
Setname wc_pc
ID 1094387
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c85g8z
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