Dr. Guy Cochran, Mrs. Kate Crutcher, Joseph Scott, Dr. John Wilson and James Croft pose at the new therapy pool at the Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, 1934
US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "NEW ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTION FORMALLY OPENED TO TREAT AFFLICTED YOUNGSTERS: NEW HOSPITAL DEDICATED TO CRIPPLED CHILDREN Civic Leaders Join Ceremony for Opening of Kate Page Crutcher Orthopedic Building," Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 1934: A1 From left to right, Dr. Guy Cochran, Mrs. Kate Page Crutcher, Joseph Scott and Dr. John Wilson stand on the far side of the therapy pool in the new Kate Page Crutcher Orthopedic Building at the Childrens Hospital. In front of them at center, the first patient of the facility, James Croft, lies supine on a suspended gurney over a pool. The therapy pool angles across the bottom third of the image beneath James. Preparation rooms line the back wall. A track system hangs above the pool. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Text from negative sleeve: Children's Hospital 8450 Text from newspaper caption: At left is the first patient, James Croft, being dipped into the newly dedicated pool for orthopedic children in the Kate Page Crutcher Orthopedic Building at the Children's Hospital. Attending yesterday's ceremonies were, among others, left to right, Dr. Guy Cochran, chief of the hospital staff; Mrs. Crutcher, president of the board; Joseph Scott, president of the Community Chest, and Dr. John Wilson, in charge of the orthopedic department. At the right is one view of the dedication of the new building in which the new pool is housed. [Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 1934: A1]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14633 ark:/21198/zz002j8847
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Building dedications--California--Los Angeles Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles Swimming pools--California--Los Angeles Philanthropists Sick children Physical therapy--California--Los Angeles Croft, James Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958 Cochran, Guy Hunt, 1873-1940 Wilson, John, b. 1891 or 92 Crutcher, Kate Page, 1869-1954
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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