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Wesson Women's Hospital

The new Wesson Women's Hospital built in 1953.

Springfield Hospital

Construction of Springfield Hospital in the nineteen thirties.

Wesson Memorial Hospital

The new Wesson Memoral Hospital in the 1970's.

Wesson Women's Building 2009

Wesson Women's Building in 2009

Main Campus 2009

Main Campus - Daly entrance, 2009.

Hospital of the Future 2012

Entrance to the Hospital of the future, 2012.

D'Amour Family Healing Garden 2012

The D'Amour Family Healing Garden, 2012.

Wesson Maternity Hospital

Wesson Maternity Hospital, founded in 1908, had 25 beds.

Ware Visiting Nurse

Ware visiting nurse Miss Carroll, 1922 and visiting nurses with the agency's first car, 1921.

Springfield Hospital's William Merrick operating room

Springfield Hospital's William Merrick operating room, 1883.

Springfield Hospital Postcards

Top: This postcard depicting “The Hospital, Springfield, Mass.” Was postmarked Sept. 28, 1909 and was sent to a Miss Julia Martin of Monterey, Mass. “Am having a fine time.” Signed B.L.D. Middle: This postcard depicting “Springfield...

Wesson Memorial Hospital

Top: Wesson Memorial Hospital on High St. in background depicts two gentlemen walking with top hats and walking sticks on Ingraham Terrace (our corporate offices used to be located on Ingraham Terr.). Middle: “Wesson Hospital, Springfield...

Hampden Homeopathic Founded 1900

Springfield Hospital Chapin Memorial

Wesson Maternity Hospital Founded 1906

Springfield Hospital Founded 1883

Springfield Red Cross

The Pioneer Valley Red Cross.

Early Ambulance Service Circa 1890's

Daniel B. Wesson

Mr. Wesson (B.1825, D.1906) was one of Springfield's most illustrious 19th century citizens. As a young man in the 1850s and 1960s, he made a fortune by manufacturing weapons-- notably the revolver. In fact, in its heyday, Smith and...

Edith Johnson

Miss Johnson (B.?-D.1892) attended Oberlin College and later graduated from the Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses. She then worked as a superintendent of the new Springfield at Rhode Island Hospital. Miss Johnson...

Dr. David S. Clark

After serving in the Civil War, Dr. Clark (B.1843,D.1926) graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1867. In 1868 he moved to Springfield where he began a career in Obstetrics. In the 1870's, he served as...

Baystate Medical Center (Images of America Series)

Baystate Medical Center was established in 1976 with the merger of the Medical Center of Western Massachusetts and Wesson Memorial Hospital. Baystates roots extend to 1870, when Springfield City Hospital was one of just 178 acute-care...