Title supplied by cataloger. L.A. County Hospital and USC Medical School were first affiliated in 1885, so the hospital is commonly known as Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, as well as County USC. It has become one of the largest and busiest public hospitals and medical training centers in the western United States; offering 745 inpatient beds, treating over 28% of the region's trauma victims, recording nearly 39,000 inpatient discharges, 150,000 emergency department visits, and approximately 1 million ambulatory care visits per year. Aerial view of East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights neighborhoods looking northeast, revealing the Art Deco Los Angeles County General Hospital (center) surrounded by a multitude of residential dwellings. The 10 Freeway is at the bottom of the photograph; State St. crosses it at right. Photograph dated July 15, 1955.
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image
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1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Los Angeles County General Hospital Hospitals--California--Los Angeles Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) East Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views East Los Angeles (Calif.) Aerial photographs
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