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Title
Heart surgery for man, 61, performed
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Steele, Bob
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated July 9, 1955 reads, "Tense moment - Surgeons near climax of operation on patient Roy Greenwood, 61, in Victory Hospital, North Hollywood, during which they introduced powdered talcum into heart cavity in attempt to create new and increased blood supply to heart."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00137091
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d044_f15_i21
CARL0005644519
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/67096
Subject
Victory Hospital (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
American Osteopathic Association
Heart--Surgery--Patients--California--Los Angeles
Heart--Surgery--California--Los Angeles
Heart--Surgery--Instruments
Hospitals--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Heart surgeons--California--Los Angeles
Physicians--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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