Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an interior view of the Los Angeles County General Hospital operating room, 1925. At least nine doctors and nurses can be seen surrounding a patient laying on a bed at center. They all wear robes, face masks, and head coverings. Medical tools can be seen in a basket at the foot of the bed, while more tools are visible in a bowl on a small table below the foot of the bed. Towels, a bowl, and other instruments are visible on another table at right. A clock is visible on the wall at left, while light can be seen streaming in from a window in the background at right. "Dr. J. F. Percy operating for cancer". Photoprint reads: "The Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1100 Mission Road, Los Angeles, California".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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