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Maimonides’ Prayer

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Mosaic created by Harold Berg for Jewish Hospital's 75th anniversary celebration. The mosaic features a quotation from Maimonides’ Prayer from the 12th century.

Ken Richardson, Transplant Coordinator, Micro Scoop, July 1980

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Image from the Jewish Hospital periodical Micro Scoop from 1980. The image is of Ken Richardson, who served as the transplant coordinator at Jewish Hospital.

Jewish Hospital Employee Benefits, 1974

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A pamphlet outlining Jewish Hospital employee benefits.

"Employee Holiday Party," Micro Scoop, April 1970

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Article featuring a Jewish Hospital employee holiday party from the periodical Micro Scoop.

Clipping from Service, April 1969

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Clipping from Service, a Jewish Hospital publication featuring stories about hospital employees and developments, was distributed to members of the Jewish Hospital Association. The clipping features of picture Ms. Evelyn Corder holding a tray of the…

Orderlies in Equipment Room, 1967

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Image from the periodical Micro Scoop on orderlies (nurses' aides) checking the equipment in the new wing of Jewish Hospital. The orderlies are identified as Robert McGregor (L) and William Scrivener (R).

Rates at Jewish Hospital, 1932

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Rates of service at Jewish Hospital.

The Lord Bindeth Up the Hurt of His People

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Image of a tile mosaic by Harold Berg designed for Jewish Hospital’s Wheeler Tower, which opened in 1973. It pairs scenes of pharmacy and surgery with a comfort promised to the Jewish people in the book of Isaiah: the healing powers of a…

Uniongram from Congregation Brith Sholom Sisterhood, 1953

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Congratulatory telegram sent from the Brith Sholom Sisterhood to board president E. M. Bottigheimer for the cornerstone laying on September 13, 1953.

Cover of 1954 Annual Report

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Cover of the 1954 Annual Report, the Jewish Hospital Association of Louisville, KY

Site of New Jewish Hospital, ca. 1950

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Sign reading "Site of New Jewish Hospital Affiliated with the University Medical Center."

Plan for the University of Louisville Medical Center, ca. 1955

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Plan for the University of Louisville Medical Center. After World War II, a fervor of urban renewal swept through American cities, shifting populations and remaking neighborhoods with major construction projects. The new downtown Medical Center was a…

Joseph & Joseph Architectural Rendering, ca. 1950

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Architectural rendering of the new Jewish Hospital by Joseph & Joseph Architects

Board Resolution, 22 December 1918

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Board resolution to keep the name Jewish Hospital. After the Bernheims informed the board in December that Jewish Hospital could keep their donation without renaming the hospital, the board passed this resolution accepting the gift from the Bernheims…

Letter from Bernard Bernheim, 1918 June 25

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Letter from Bernard Bernheim to the Board of Directors of Jewish Hospital responding to a decision to keep the Jewish Hospital name. Bernheim contributed $100,000 for an addition to Jewish Hospital on the condition that they rename the hospital…

Blank Hospital Bill, ca. 1918

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In January 1918, distillers and philanthropists Bernard and Isaac Bernheim contributed $100,000 for an addition to the Jewish Hospital. One of the conditions attached to the brothers’ donation was their request to rename the hospital Bernheim…

Letter from Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1, October 1914

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In this letter to the Jewish Hospital board president Samuel Hess, Gussie Newberger outlines how the Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1 wants its donations to the hospital to be used. She explains that the society would like $65 spent on a…

Original Board of Directors and Rabbis, ca. 1905

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Photograph of the original board of directors and rabbis who oversaw the dedication and creation of Jewish Hospital.

Laying the Cornerstone, ca. 1903

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A group gathers to lay the cornerstone of the original Jewish Hospital.