Sharp, Cynthia Nightingale lamp This type of lamp was often given to women who graduated from nursing school in the United States during the early to mid - 20th century. The lamp is modeled after the oil lamp used by Florence Nightingale, who was known to care for her patients even in the dark of night. Since nurses graduating from school in the 20th century did not need candles to light their way, the lamps were given to them as a keepsake. The lamp can function, however, as a candle holder. The nurses in this photograph are holding their lanterns during a capping ceremony at Rex Hospital School of Nursing in 1945. Country Doctor Museum 14371 942 1945 eng moving image equipment United States North Carolina Wake County (N.C.) Raleigh (N.C.) Medicine North Carolina History 20th century Rex Hospital (Raleigh, N.C.). School of Nursing Lamps North Carolina Raleigh This item has been made available by The Country Doctor Museum for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. For information regarding reproduction, please contact The Country Doctor Museum at hslcdm@ecu.edu; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ North Carolina History and Fiction Collection encdl Artifacts encdlartifacts Country Doctor Museum cdm Health and Medicine ham Nightingale lamp This type of lamp was often given to women who graduated from nursing school in the United States during the early to mid - 20th century. The lamp is modeled after the oil lamp used by Florence Nightingale, who was known to care for her patients even in the dark of night. Since nurses graduating from school in the 20th century did not need candles to light their way, the lamps were given to them as a keepsake. The lamp can function, however, as a candle holder. The nurses in this photograph are holding their lanterns during a capping ceremony at Rex Hospital School of Nursing in 1945. 1945 MovingImage equipment J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University eng 14371 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ United States--North Carolina--Wake County (N.C.)--Raleigh (N.C.) Medicine--North Carolina--History--20th century Rex Hospital (Raleigh, N.C.). School of Nursing Lamps--North Carolina--Raleigh video videos local, filename 14371.0001 83925376 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 03a48a0395ce8fef26df27a1b62ba6f7 ecu:digital_collections 3872 2592 RGB mm mm 20110210 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 14371.0002 80700764 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 25bcc85ecf2c9429cc8690b5dd0f3ab4 ecu:digital_collections 3872 2592 RGB mm mm 20110210 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal null md5 True