Photograph of the Cochrane sisters who ran the Edlington Hospital in Hawthorn, their father, who probably helped financially, and the donor's mother. Left to right in the photogrraph are Olive (did the laundry) Daisy (accounts and garden) Irene (Alfred Hospital graduate and midwife) Hilah (Homeopathic Hospital graduate and midwife) Robert (father) and Emma (cook) Cochrane. the young girl is the donor's mother Gloria Darby Example of nursing career pathLaminated black and white photograph of six women, two of whom are in nurse's uniform and a manOn the reverse the subjects have been identified [blue ink] and previous catalogue number [black ink]olive cochrane, daisy cochrane, irene cochrane, hilah cochrane, robert cochrane, emma cochrane, gloria darby, edlington hospital

Letter accompaning 202604.21, from donor providing information about origional owner - Irene Cochrane AH grauate 1905, who became a midwife. With her five sisters she established the Edlington Midwifery Hospital in Hawthorn. Donor's mother had been born at this hospital ad=nd was fostered by these sistersprovides information about the career of an Alfred Hospital trained nurseSingle sheet of white paper with black print, signed [blue ink] Handwritten annotations [blue ink and pencil] Previous catalogue number handwritten at top right [black ink]irene cochrane, edlington hospital

Photograph probably taken at Edlington Hospital, Hawthorn, as two of the subjects Irene and Hilah Cochrane were proprietors. The third woman is unidentified. The young girl Gloria Darby was the donor's motherShows nurses uniform from [ca.1920]Laminated black and white photograph of three women (two in uniform) and a young girl. One nurrse is holding twins and the other two women a baby each, a fifth bay is kying on the floor in the foreground. The young girl is holding a dollOn the reverse side, four of the phot's subjects have been named [blue ink] and previous catalogue number [black ink]hilah cochrane, irene cochrane, gloria darby