Early Days
The creator of this album is unknown. This small collection of photographs shows the wards and staff at The Royal Children’s Hospital in Carlton in the early 1920s. The scenes include a surgery room and pathology lab.
![Long shot of staff in front of The Children's Hospital, Carlton. Resident Medical Staff, 1925](https://archives.rch.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018.51.1.jpg)
Resident Medical Staff, 1925
Location: The Children's Hospital; Carlton, Victoria.
Media: Gelatin silver photograph.
Dimensions: H15 x W20 cm.
Accession number: 2018.51.1.
Media: Gelatin silver photograph.
Dimensions: H15 x W20 cm.
Accession number: 2018.51.1.
![Two doctors working in a Pathology Laboratory. Bunsen burners, vials, bottles and other instruments can be seen on benches and shelves. Pathology Lab, 1923-1924](https://archives.rch.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018.51.7.jpg)
Pathology Lab, 1923-1924
Location: The Children's Hospital; Carlton, Victoria.
Media: Gelatin silver photograph.
Dimensions: H15 x W20 cm.
Accession number: 2018.51.7.
Media: Gelatin silver photograph.
Dimensions: H15 x W20 cm.
Accession number: 2018.51.7.
![Wide shot of a Nightingale style ward with young children and babies. Nurses holding and attending children. Large vases of flowers/foliage throughout can be seen. Ward Scene, 1923-1924](https://archives.rch.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018.51.6.jpg)
Ward Scene, 1923-1924
Location: The Children's Hospital; Carlton, Victoria.
Media: Gelatin silver photograph.
Dimensions: H15 x W20 cm.
Accession number: 2018.51.6.
Media: Gelatin silver photograph.
Dimensions: H15 x W20 cm.
Accession number: 2018.51.6.
![Long shot of a nightingale style ward. Running down the centre of the image is a table and numerous vases of flowers. The left and right walls are lined with patient beds, some beds are occupied with children. Several Nurses are standing next to beds. Ward Scene, 1923-1924](https://archives.rch.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018.51.5.jpg)
Ward Scene, 1923-1924
Location: The Children's Hospital; Carlton, Victoria.
Media: Gelatin silver photograph.
Dimensions: H15 x W20 cm.
Accession number: 2018.51.5.
Media: Gelatin silver photograph.
Dimensions: H15 x W20 cm.
Accession number: 2018.51.5.