About This Item
Title
Resident Physicians
Subject
Physicians
Internship and Residency
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Photographs
Portraits
Description
Group of resident physicians.
Back of image: Front row sign: Blockley/Philadelphia hospital
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 10, photo no. 4
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
ca. 1901
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_10_4
Temporal Coverage
History, 20th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Original Format
1 photograph : sepia
Physical Dimensions
26 x 31 cm
Citation
“Resident Physicians,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 25, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/729.