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Title
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Instruction For New Mothers
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Description
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View of a nurse giving instruction on baby care to a group of women. No identification on any individuals. Probably taken at General Hospital.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Tuberculosis Hospital
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Description
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Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. ("Jackson County Medical Journal," Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and in 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nursery Ward in Hospital
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Description
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View of a hospital nursery area with several babies in cribs and an unidentified attendant. Probably taken in General Hospital.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
