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Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital commencement program, 1899
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital commencement program, 1899
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Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital commencement program, 1899

Permanent ID:
13172
Date:
May 23 1899
Image Description:
Programme for the third commencement exercises of the Training School for Nurses at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital (1898-1899). The commencement was held in the "New Century Drawing Room, 12th Street below Chestnut." Three graduates and three undergraduates are named in the program. The Frederick Douglas Memorial Hospital was the first hospital to specifically service the black community of Philadelphia and to educate and employ black physicions and nurses.
Address:
1512 Lombard Street, Philadelphia
Format:
Printed Matter; Pamphlet
Dimensions:
Width: 53.6 cm, Height: 25 cm
Collections:
Leon Gardiner collection of American Negro Historical Society records
Edith Madeira papers
Related Person or Organization:
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) [info:lc/authorities/names/nr92005171]
Nursing [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85093362]
African American physicians [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85001882]