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Brownsville Hospital

May 1, 1923

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Brownsville Hospital
  • Title
  • Brownsville Hospital
  • Creator
  • Monongahela Railway Company
  • Date
  • May 1, 1923
  • Identifier
  • 200907.1923.02167
  • Description
  • View of the Brownsville Hospital with a car parked on the street in front. The hospital was chartered in 1910 by a group of citizens headed by E. M. Bowman. The charter stated, "The hospital is to care for those injured in accidents in the coal mines, coke ovens, railroads, and other industrial enterprises, regardless of race, sect, or creed." The facility, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Church Street, was completed in 1916. For modern views of this structure please see http://www.abandonedonline.net/hospitals/brownsville-general-hospital/
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Hospitals
    Motor vehicles
    Streets
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Fifth Avenue (Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa.)
    Church Street (Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa.)
    Brownsville (Fayette County, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Monongahela Railway Company Photograph Collection, 1903-1993
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Monongahela Railway Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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