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Title: New Building Which Houses General Hospital Ambulance Division
Description: File containing an article with photo and caption about "the new hospital auxiliary building recently completed west of general hospital No. 2" (pictured) at about 22nd and Gillham Roads.
Date: 1935-09-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Gillham, McGee and Grand at 22nd
Description: Elevated view looking southwest along Gillham Road (left), McGee Street (center), and Grand Avenue (right). The first General Hospital Building, Later General Hospital #2, can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The Franklin Hudson Publishing Company Building, later the Kansas City Journal-Post Building, is also on the left. The Carnie-Goudie Company Building is on the right. Signs for Packard automobile company, Kelly-Springfield Tires, and Schutte Lumber are in view. Several cars and pedestrians can be seen.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: P34-1 Kansas City Health Care Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Description: This photograph collection contains 198 black and white photographs taken in the 1940s-1950s. The images are of health care facilities and services maintained by the Kansas City Health Department. Includes General Hospital Nos. 1 and 2, the TB Hospital in the Leeds area, nursing program, etc. The collection was acquired from the Kansas City Landmarks Commission.
Date: 1940~/1959~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: View South from atop Coca-Cola Building
Description: Panoramic view looking south from the roof of the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) building at 2107 Grand Avenue. Neighborhoods and business districts south of downtown can be seen. Several buildings are in view, including: General Hospital, General Hospital No. 2, Rahe's Automobile and Tractor (also known as the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, Schutte Lumber Company, Union Station, and the Sweeney Automobile School (later the BMA Building). In view are signs for: Oldsmobile, Holsum Bread, Melton Tire & Battery, Norwalk Tires, Kelly Tires, Racine Tires, White Rose Butter, Sunshine Biscuits, Merit Bread, Camel cigarettes, National Biscuit Company, and Folger's Coffee Company. Signboard Hill can be seen to the northwest of Union Station. The view spans the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks, which are in view on the right hand side of the photograph.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rahe's Automobile and Tractor School
Description: Panoramic group portrait looking east of Rahe's Auto Training School students posed to the north of the Kansas City Journal-Post Building (on the right hand side of the image), once located at 22nd and Oak streets and then occupied by the school. The Hospital Hill neighborhood, General Hospital, General Hospital No. 2, and parked cars can be seen in the background.
Date: 1920-04-29
Object Type: Photograph

Title: History of the Kansas City General Hospital
Description: Article chronicles the history and development of General Hospital, the first hospital in the city. The first hospital was built in 1870 at 22nd and McCoy Streets. Article contains numerous photographs of interior and exterior of buildings.
Date: 1932-10-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: He Gave to the Community
Description: Obituary for Carl M. Peterson, M.D., who died December 17, 2007, at age 93. Dr. Peterson was the first black surgeon in Kansas City to be certified in his specialty by the American Board of Surgeons and the first black president of the Jackson County Medical Society.
Date: 2007-12-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Neglected History Sought
Description: Article announces that documentary filmmaker Kevin Wilmott and historians Deborah Dandridge and Tanya Hart are beginning work on a film focusing upon healthcare provided to African Americans living in Kansas City during the Jim Crow era. Wilmott is interviewed and provides a brief history of the city's General Hospitals No. 1 and No. 2. Former employees and patients of the city's segregated hospital are interviewed and describe their unequal treatment and conditions of the facility.
Date: 2013-03-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: View West from atop General Hospital
Description: Panoramic view looking west from roof of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 24th and Locust streets. The view looks into downtown and surrounding neighborhoods and business districts. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
Date: 1922-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Business District of Kansas City
Description: Panoramic photograph showing the downtown area. The photograph is labeled: The Business District of Kansas City, June 7, 1922. Panoramic photograph from the General Hospital, showing the new Union Station and the city's growing skyline. Labels written on the photograph include: General Hospital, Entrance to Penn Valley Park, Overland Building, Memorial Park, Indications of Approximate Location of Pershing Road, Union Station, J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, D. A. Moor Building, Coca-Cola, Film Exchange, Kansas City Club, K. C. A. C. Bldg., Kansas City Star, Waldheim Bldg., Commerce Bldg., R. A. Ling Bldg., Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., Telephone Bldg., Densmore Hotel, Locust, Oak, Hospital Hill, proposed Oak St. Viaduct and Approach, Gillham Road, McGee St. Viaduct, Proposed Cut in Grade 21 Feet, and 23rd. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
Date: 1922-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View West from atop General Hospital
Description: Panoramic view looking west from roof of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 24th and Locust streets. The view looks into downtown and surrounding neighborhoods and business districts. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
Date: 1922-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

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