Research Catalog

Title

Health and medical care [graphic].

Publication

1861-1973.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Beals, A. Tennyson.
• Martin, Richard A.
• Nichols.
• Pope, Herbert.
• Impact Photos. pht
• "M" Associates. pht

Description

• 41 items (.2 cubic ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm.
• 25 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
• 13 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
• 1 photographic print : col. ;
• 1 print : wood engraving, b&w ;

Summary

• Collection depicts health and medical care activities and facilities servicing African Americans, mainly in New York City, from 1861 to the 1970s with the bulk of the images dating from the 1920s to the 1950s.
• The collection consists of exterior and interior views of hospitals including a series of images of Harlem Hospital, New York, N.Y., (1929) showing its exterior, wards and operating room as well as group portraits of some of its medical staff. Another series shows staff and patients engaged in narcotic rehabilitation activities at Riverside Hospital (1950s). The collection also depicts New Yorkers participating in a tuberculosis-screening program (1940s). Included is a view of of the Syendam Hospital annual dinner. Related collections include Occupations and the Portrait Collection.

Subjects

• Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.)
• Substance abuse treatment facilities
• African American nurses
• African Americans > Health & welfare > 1940-1979
• Preventative health services
• Gelatin silver prints > 1920-1979
• Tuberculosis > Prevention
• Health care facilities > United States > 1940-1979
• African Americans > Medical care
• Group portraits > 1920-1929
• Health care > United States > 1940-1979
• African American physicians
• Hospitals > United States > 1940-1979

Genre/Form

• Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1979.
• Group portraits – 1920-1929.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Collection contains work by A. Tennyson Beals, Richard A. Martin, and Nichols, among others.
• Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten captions on recto and verso. Some photographs are accompanied by press releases. Some items are cropped.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication. Privacy rights may apply.

Call Number

Sc Photo Health and medical care

OCLC

NYPG06-F598

Title

Health and medical care [graphic].

Imprint

1861-1973.

Terms Of Use

Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication. Privacy rights may apply.

Connect to:

Request Appointment

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York Harlem.

Added Author

Beals, A. Tennyson. Photographer

Martin, Richard A. Photographer

Nichols. Photographer

Pope, Herbert. Photographer

Impact Photos. Photographer

"M" Associates. Photographer

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Health and medical care