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U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1, also known as Columbia War Hospital, was a World War I era field hospital built by Columbia University on the Columbia Oval property in Norwood, The Bronx. The hospital was used as a medical training facility, a model for military field hospitals, and for long-term treatment of patients.
Between 1882 and 1968, 4,743 people were reportedly lynched in the United States, 3,446 of whom were black. In 1914, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 51 of 55 lynching victims were black. [1] That same year the Crisis, an NAACP magazine, reported that 69 of 74 victims were black. In Florida, mobs lynched five victims. They were all black. [1]
The postcard was postmarked December 20, 1911, at Station C in Los Angeles and mailed to Fort Wayne, Indiana [47] In another definitive example, a 1919 issue U.S. Christmas seal of a rare type was sold at auction and realized a price of $3,872,533.
"Greetings from Chicago, Illinois" large-letter postcard produced by Curt Teich The history of postcards is part of the cultural history of the United States. Especially after 1900, "the postcard was wildly successful both as correspondence and collectible" and thus postcards are valuable sources for cultural historians as both a form of epistolary literature and for the bank of cultural ...
Originally from Grimsby, William emigrated to Winnipeg in 1914. He began work as head of Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery until WW2. He returned in 1945 as curator of the Newfoundland Memorial Park until his death in 1954. William's grave in Auchonvillers: George O. Hill 22 July 1946 Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension Died age 47.
After police found the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” printed on shell casings near the site where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down, merchandise bearing those ...
Rear wings were added in 1895. A large clock tower reaches about 70 feet (21 m) above ground level. During the Battle of Gettysburg the building served as both a command post and as a hospital, for both Union and Confederate armies. [2] [3] Old Allegheny County Courthouses Allegheny: Pittsburgh: 1794, 1841 Greek Revival (1841)
W. D. Chappelle Jr. (October 19, 1888 – March 7, 1957) [1] was an American physician and surgeon in South Carolina who opened the People's Infirmary, a hospital and surgery practice for African Americans in Columbia, South Carolina in 1914. At the time, segregation prevented many African Americans from having access to healthcare. [2]