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🏥 Institution: The Cleveland Training School for Nurses (Huron Road Hospital)
📅 Date: December 2, 1913
🎓 Graduate: E. Blanche Rowe
🖼️ Frame: Original 1910s Tiger-Oak/Faux-Grained Wood Frame
📏 Frame Size: 24 1/2\" x 20 1/2\" (Visible Art Size: 23\" x 19\")Up for sale is a rare, beautifully preserved piece of American medical history: an original 1913 nursing school graduation diploma from the Cleveland Training School for Nurses. Founded in 1884, this institution holds the prestigious distinction of being the first nursing school established west of the Allegheny Mountains. DOCUMENT & HISTORICAL DETAILS:
This 113-year-old diploma features gorgeous, sweeping calligraphy and incorporates a classic, high-end period presentation: the graduate\'s authentic 1913 school color ribbon (maroon and gold) is threaded directly through a precise, factory-cut slot in the parchment paper. The official crimped institutional seal remains fully intact, physically pressed into the top of the silk ribbons using a heavy hand-press. The document features a wealth of prominent early 20th-century Cleveland medical signatures, hand-signed in ink by the hospital leadership and educational board:
- W. C. Rhodes (President of Huron Road Hospital)
- Alma C. Hogle, R.N. (Superintendent of Hospital)
- Olinda E. Irving, R.N. (Principal of the Training School)
- Dr. G. H. Quay, M.D. (Prominent physician & Dean of Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College)
- Dr. Wm. T. Miller, M.D. (Surgeon & Ohio State Board of Health)
- Dr. H. A. Harrison, Dr. H. B. Baxter, Dr. A. B. Schneider, and Marietta J. Huntington.FRAME & PRESENTATION:
The piece remains safely housed in its factory-original 1910s wide wood frame featuring a flat profile and an elegant interior gold slip. The frame retains its wonderful original graining pattern and its historic rear hanging wire.CONDITION NOTES:
The document exhibits a beautiful, uniform historic amber patina across the paper, adding incredible antique character. There are a couple of minor isolated spots of historic moisture/foxing in the upper corners (clear of text), but the ink signatures, graduate name, and typography remain bold, dark, and perfectly legible. Please review the high-resolution photos to evaluate condition.An absolute treasure for collectors of vintage medical ephemera, Ohio history, or early nursing Americana! Ships securely packed to protect the glass and frame.
