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Photograph was edited for publication purposes The United States Veterans Administration Hospital, located at 13000 Sayre Street in Sylmar was the first Veterans Bureau hospital to be constructed on the Pacific Coast. It consisted of twenty buildings costing approximately $1,500,000 and had one of the finest tubercular institutions in the world. Upon completion, it could accommodated 232 beds, and in case of an emergency, could handle 1,000 cases. The American Legion medical committee headed by Dr. Browning, assisted the Veteran's Bureau in drawing the plans and superintending the work. The hospital stood until the earthquake on Feb. 9, 1971, when it collapsed. The site is now a tree-shaded park with a view of Pacoima Canyon and a plaque memorializing the quake's 65 dead. Photograph caption dated July 3, 1948 reads, "One of the ambulatory patients at San Fernando pauses to talk with a visitor in front of a big infirmary building. There are benches and cushioned lawn chairs spotted all over the grounds, where patients can stop and rest. A squad of gardeners is constantly trimming hedges, lawns and cultivating flower beds on the green, tree studded grounds, landscaped out of a once-barren hillside during the '20s and under improvement constantly ever since."; See images #00116952 through #00116955 for all photos in this series.
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