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Psychiatric Care
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Description
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Exterior view, looking toward the north, of the Psychiatric Receiving Center located near General Hospital. Back of picture contains the following information: "The new $1,076,000 Psychiatric Receiving Center was opened for operation on April 19, 1954. The new Center, one of the most modern plants of its kind, has a 72-bed capacity as well as extensive out-patient facilities." Photograph appeared in the City Manager's annual report, 1955-56, p. 15, MVSC Q 092.52 K16 1955-56 and is captioned: "Psychiatric Receiving Center." Back of picture also contains the stamp of the Research and Budget Department at City Hall.
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Date
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1954~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Psychiatric Care
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Description
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Exterior view of the Psychiatric Receiving Center, located near General Hospital. Building opened in April, 1954. The Kansas City Power and Light Building can be seen on the left in the background.
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Date
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1954~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Dr. Porter E. Williams
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Description
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Biography and photograph of Porter E. Williams "Superintendent of the Kansas City General Hospital".
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Date
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1932-10-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Laboratory Work
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Interior view, unidentified medical assistant performing laboratory work. Location not given, probably General Hospital. Photograph appeared in the City Manager's annual report, 1946-47, p. 23, MVSC Q 092.52 K16 1940-48.
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Date
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1946~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Laboratory Work
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Description
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Interior view with unidentified medical assistant doing laboratory work. Location not given, probably General Hospital. Photograph appeared in the City Manager's annual report, 1946-47, p. 23, MVSC Q 092.52 K16 1940-48.
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Date
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1946~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Delivery Truck, City Ice Company
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Description
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Side view of City Ice Company of Kansas City delivery truck described as "six-wheel, 63-cake Diamond T., used as transfer truck." Parked by what appears to be General Hospital with two unidentified people.
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Date
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1932~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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History of the Kansas City General Hospital
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1932-10-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Car Wreck near General Hospital
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Description
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Police officers and a crowd of people surrounding an overturned automobile on Gillham Road near General Hospital.
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Date
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1926-02-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Journal-Post
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Description
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Distant view of the Kansas City Journal-Post Building, once located at 22nd and Oak streets. Also shows Hospital Hill and the Midwest Oldsmobile Company. Paper's letterhead and logo are located on the back of photograph #44.
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Date
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1928~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a photo and article, continued on page 8, about the business of Peter Lapetina, "funeral director at 536 Campbell" Street, connected with an associate at General Hospital Number One in a racket of charging all of its deceased's family members for rights to their corpses. Other featured articles include: “Laws and the Hawg” (p. 2), about an ordinance prohibiting the sale of restaurant and hotel trash to be used as hog feed; “So as Not to Forget the Forgotten” (p. 3), about the Amalgamated Association targeting poor Kansas Citians to spend money on games of chance; and “May We Present Albert N. Doerschuk” (p. 5), a photo and article about Albert Doerschuk, operator of a small drug store "[o]n the southwest corner of Westport and Pennsylvania Avenues" and former owner of the Harris House Hotel, coming to Kansas City about 1890 from Ohio; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-04-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, discussing aspects of democracy and good government, and suggesting problems and solutions for clean elections. Other featured articles include: "Health and Politics" (pp. 2 & 3), a report on the recommendations of the 'Health and Hospital Survey' of 1930 for Kansas City, with various information about health care deficiencies and statistics, including "a wing for Negroes" left uncompleted "at the tuberculosis hospital at Leeds" and a death rate of Kansas City being higher (12.25) than New York City (10.23); "FERA's Education for All Ages"(p. 2) about an adult education program with subjects including bookkeeping and public speaking, and with young mothers and students still learning English among its students; "Glenn Did Not Choose to Run" (p. 2), about Glenn Cunningham, a University of Kansas track star and Olympic athlete, meeting a group of men leaving Union Station for Civilian Conservation Corps jobs; "Piecemeal Changes" (p. 3), about state management of federal relief funds and a potential consolidation of social welfare and penal boards; "Within the Beautiful State House" (pp. 3 & 4), about the new speaker of the state house and committee nominations and Governor Guy Park’s and Pendergast’s influence in the decision, including a portrait sketch of Governor Parks; "To You Who Would Make Changes" (p. 4), encouraging readers to work against the Pendergast machine rather than just complain about it; “20,000 Men and Women” (p. 4), discussing the large youth vote “not bound to either of the old political parties”; and "May We Present Edwin Terry Brigham" (p. 5), a photograph and biographical article about the superintendent of the Helping Hand Institute; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-01-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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He Gave to the Community
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Description
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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.
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Date
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2007-12-23
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Neglected History Sought
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Description
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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.
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Date
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2013-03-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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History in the Mending
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Description
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Article describes the evolution of health care in the Kansas City region, from the earliest hospitals to the establishment of large medical schools and research institutions. A decade-by-decade description of the system's growth and development is provided, as well as a timeline of hospital openings and closings from 1864 to 2007. Over time, suburbanization has led to several hospital closings in Kansas City's urban core.
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Date
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2014-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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General Hospital
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Description
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View looking southeast of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 2315 Locust Street.
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Date
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1990
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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General Hospital
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Description
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View looking west of the rear side of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 2315 Locust Street.
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Date
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1990
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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General Hospital
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Description
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View looking northeast of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 2315 Locust Street.
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Date
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1990
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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General Hospital
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View looking east of the entrance to the General Hospital Building that once stood at 2315 Locust Street.
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Date
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1990
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Object Type
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Photograph
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