About This Item
Title
Resident Physicians 1889
Subject
Physicians
Internship and Residency
Recreation
Sports
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Stengel, Alfred, 1868-1939
Walter, Charles
McFarland, Joseph, 1868-1945
Rosenau, M. J. (Milton Joseph), 1869-1946
Kahn, Joseph, M.D.
Photographs
Portraits
Description
Resident physicians on and around pool table.
Back of image: Stengel 1889
Stengel was resident physician at PGH in 1889
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 4, photo no. 25
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.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1889
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_4_25
Temporal Coverage
History, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Original Format
1 photograph
Physical Dimensions
15.5 x 20.5 cm
Citation
“Resident Physicians 1889,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/687.