by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I’ve had this post on my mind for awhile but it took some time to put it together. I think it’s pretty self-explanatory, but still of interest. (Click on the images to see larger versions.) 1. We know what the Medical Center looks like now: Pavement as far as the… Continue Reading The Texas Medical Center through the years: Aerial images […]
Baylor College of Medicine: Roy and Lillie Cullen Building
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant This set of photographs is P-2696, images of Baylor College of Medicine‘s Roy and Lillie Cullen Building when it was new in 1948. The photographer seems to have had quite a flair for the dramatic. We are familiar with the beautiful Art Deco design on the outside of the Cullen… Continue Reading Baylor College of Medicine: Roy and Lillie Cullen Building […]
Writing Home: Selections from the Texas Hospital Postcard Collection
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant The McGovern Research Center’s collection of postcards of Texas hospitals has been online for quite a while, and can be accessed through our website. Our postcard images are arranged alphabetically by town, and you can see scans of both sides of the card. Most cards are still blank on the… Continue Reading Writing Home: Selections from the Texas Hospital Postcard Collection […]
Baptist Sanitarium student nurses album, circa 1918
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I’m going to take a little bit of a detour this Friday and do a posting on another of my favorites from the historical collections. The following images are a small selection from a photo album that belongs to the Memorial Hospital collection. The nutshell history of the Memorial Healthcare… Continue Reading Baptist Sanitarium student nurses album, circa 1918 […]
Thingamajig: Hermann Hospital, 1949
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I spent a good part of this week unscrambling a box of photographs that had gotten caught up in a re-organization project of some sort, ages ago. Luckily, there weren’t very many pictures involved, although cross-checking them against the card catalog (in two series!) and the online catalog was a… Continue Reading Thingamajig: Hermann Hospital, 1949 […]
Wonder of photos
There is something about printed photos that appeals to us on a basic level. It is the “oh-I-want-to-see” effect. If one person whips out a photo, everyone near by wants a glimpse. Each photo offers a glimmer of another place and time. The photo shown today depicts a studio shoot at the Speech and Hearing Institute, Health Science Center,… Continue Reading Wonder of photos […]