Gregory H. Hovnanian

Physicians

Internship and Residency

Blockley Almshouse

Philadelphia General Hospital

Hovnanian, Gregory H., 1863-1944

Photographs

Portraits

Gregory H. Hovnanian (1863-1944) with three other resident physicians in one of their rooms.

Back of image: G. H. Hovnanian presented on November 12, 1941 to the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum by Gregory H. Hovnanian, Blockley resident 1890.

Gregory H. Hovnanian was resident physician at PGH in 1890.

Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 3, photo no. 5

Philadelphia General Hospital was originally part of the Philadelphia Almshouse, which was founded in 1731 for the city’s poor, elderly and indigent. Nicknamed “Old Blockley,” because of its location in Blockley Township of West Philadelphia, the hospital was renamed Philadelphia General Hospital in 1919. The hospital eventually closed in 1977. The images in this collection have been compiled from a number of sources but appear to be predominantly from the personal photo albums of attending physicians.

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

ca. 1890

StillImage

PGH_3_5

History, 19th Century

Philadelphia

1 photograph

9.5 x 11.5 cm