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VNS in the 20th Century
Here's a brief look, decade by decade, of the past century. While these photographs span many years one thing remains constant: a determination among each of the caregivers to promote the health and well-being of others. As you look at the photographs, it's easy to understand why, for more than a century, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York has been recognized as the gold standard of home health care.
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1900 - 1910
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A nurse puts medication in
a child's eye about 1905. |
| A nurse provides wound care
in 1907. |
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In 1909, a nurse saves steps
between patients by crossing over roofs and avoiding endless
stairs. |
1911 - 1920
| Nurse and physician with
a typhoid patient in 1913. |
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A nurse bandages a child's
head in 1919. |
1921 - 1930
| Nurses set out from their
district office about 1920. |
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Nurses posing in 1922. |
| Like a number of other district
offices in those days, this one was a former saloon that
had been put out of business by Prohibition. |
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1931 - 1940
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A nurse visits a migrant worker
in Pelham Bay about 1938. |
| Henry Street in 1939. Can
you spot the VNS nurse? |
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1941 - 1950
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A nurse steps gingerly across
a puddle in 1942. |
| During World War II, when
gasoline was rationed, many nurses pedaled to their patients
in the Bronx and Queens. |
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A VNS pamphlet from a 1949
fundraising campaign. |
1951 - 1960
| It was the mid-century mark,
canasta was the rage and New Yorkers were in a giving
mood. Thanks to a whole host of corporate sponsors, "She's
Something Special" was featured on billboards all over
town. |
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Five decades of VNS uniforms:
1929, 1893, 1953, 1905, 1939. |
| A nurse prepares to give
an injection in 1953. |
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Nurses comfort an elderly
patient about 1960. |
1961 - 1970
| A nurse instructs an orthopedic
patient in 1962. |
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A nurse provides exercise
therapy to an 85-year-old patient in June of 1964. |
1971 - 1980
| A nurse teaches child care
skills to a new mother in 1971. |
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Dressing a patient's wound,
about 1974. |
| A nurse comforts a child
in 1974. |
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1981 - 1990
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A nurse provides rehabilitation
therapy during a 1981 home visit. |
| Taking a patient's blood
pressure around 1981. |
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1991 - 2000
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A nurse listens to a patient's
breathing. |
| A social worker meeting with
a patient in 1999. |
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A nurse looks on as a patient
blows into a peak flow meter. |
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