California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Interior view of the Los Angeles County General Hospital operating room, 1925

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Interior view of the Los Angeles County General Hospital operating room, 1925

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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".

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Title Interior view of the Los Angeles County General Hospital operating room, 1925

Subject Doctors (lcsh), Hospitals (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Hospitals -- Los Angeles County General (2 of 3) (file heading), medical facilities (adlf), Nurses (lcsh), Operations, Surgical (lcsh), Percy, J. F. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1100 Mission Road (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1925

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1759

Identifier 41668 (accession number), CHS-41668 (call number), CHS-41668 (filename), isla id: 84-1-1019 (identifying number), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2616 (legacy record id), chs-m1759 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1811 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2616

Unique identifier UC116321

Legacy Identifier CHS-41668.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.6 in × 20.9 in at 300dpi
37.2 cm × 53.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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