The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects

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  • 1946 under microscope 1_BF_J59_291.jpg

    In June 1946 Jewish Hospital launched a fundraising drive for a new hospital. Images in the fundraising pamphlet contrasted the overcrowded wards and outdated equipment of the current Jewish Hospital with the modern facilities that a new institution would offer. The drive reached its goal of $750,000 in just over a month.

    In drawing attention to the cramped conditions of Jewish Hospital in the 1940s, the pamphlet also provides a view of the racial segregation of its staff. In these images, the laboratory technicians are all white women, and the laundry workers are all African American women
  • No 3 - 13th and Madison 1946_web.jpg

    13th and Madison Streets, 1946. Light industry, apartments, and a small city park now occupy that intersection.
  • No 5 - 8th and liberty looking southeast, 1946_web.jpg

    8th and Liberty Streets looking southeast, 1946. The Metropolitan Sewer District building is there today.
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