Louisville City Hospital.
Title
Louisville City Hospital .
Description
Engraving of Louisville City Hospital , with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians pictured within and outside of its grounds . Handwritten on bottom edge of mounted print : "R.G . Potter Collection / City Hospital / Original hospital opened in 1823 East Chestnut , cost $16,000 / Capacity 50 beds , with several rooms reserved for paying / Thomas Prather & Cuthbert Bullitt donated the land on which hospital was built. " Two new wings were added in 1836 , when the building was renamed Louisville City Hospital , so this engraving likely dates from 1836 at the earliest .
Subject
Hospitals Health care facilities Buildings Carriages & coaches People
Location Depicted
Chestnut Street (Louisville, Ky.) Phoenix Hill (Louisville, Ky.) Louisville (Ky.) Jefferson County (Ky.)
Date Original
1836? - 1911?
Object Type
Photographic prints
Source
8 x 10 in. b&w photographic print. Item Number ULPA P_00571 in the R. G. Potter Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
R. G. Potter Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/potter/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA P_00571_
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