Resident Physicians 1900

Physicians

Internship and Residency

Blockley Almshouse

Philadelphia General Hospital

Photographs

Portraits

Group of resident physicians.

Back of image: From Thomas Stotesbury Githens, son of Githens in Blockly 1866, William Henry Githens, Blockley 1900. Arranged Thursday at 8.15 by Gelbern, taken Friday, June 15 1900. Presented December 1951 to Robert J. Hunter, Blockley 04-06.

Thomas Stotesbury Githens was resident at PGH in 1900.

Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 8, 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

1900

StillImage

PGH_8_5

History, 20th Century

Philadelphia

1 photograph : sepia

28.5 x 40 cm