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Title
Groundbreaking
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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
1954
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 6, 1954 reads "Lancaster, where the turning of earth marked the start of a new hospital, a General Telephone Company office building and a Baptist Church all within this week, also observed the start of a $90,000 Antelope Valley Medical Center. Left to right, taking place in the groundbreaking, were James Bacon, H. E. Kicenski, MD, director of the center (which will move from Cedar avenue); H. J. Gray, DDS, dental director; J. M. Krause, M.D., Palmdale associate and Vernon Ward, president of the Chamber of Commerce."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 19 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00138577
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d046_f38_i27
CARL0005686411
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68119
Subject
Antelope Valley Hospital
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce--Presidents
Men--California--Lancaster
Physicians--California--Lancaster
Dentists--California--Lancaster
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Lancaster
Shovels--California--Lancaster
Lancaster (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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