{"id":1703,"date":"2015-07-06T13:52:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T18:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcgovernhrc.wordpress.com\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2022-07-11T22:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T22:29:48","slug":"centennial-photo-display-1960s-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/2015\/07\/06\/centennial-photo-display-1960s-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Centennial Photo Display: 1960&#8217;s, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alethea Drexler<br \/>\narchives assistant<br \/>\nJuly&#8217;s photo exhibit had to be trimmed down, but don&#8217;t worry&#8211;it&#8217;s for a good cause.\u00a0 We need the display space for a traveling exhibit.\u00a0 More on that later.<br \/>\nAmong the landmark events in the 1960&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library was founded in 1960[1] and continues to provide support for Library resources.<\/li>\n<li>Ben Taub General Hospital opened in 1963[2]. The Harris County Hospital District was created in 1965[3].\n<figure id=\"attachment_1723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1723\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2593-ben-taub-1960s-600dpi-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1723\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2593-ben-taub-1960s-600dpi-jpg.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Ben Taub hospital in the early 1960's.\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2593-ben-taub-1960s-600dpi-jpg.jpg 6038w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2593-ben-taub-1960s-600dpi-jpg-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2593-ben-taub-1960s-600dpi-jpg-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2593-ben-taub-1960s-600dpi-jpg-1024x809.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Taub hospital in the early 1960&#8217;s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1722\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2503-ben-taub-er-1960s-600dpi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1722\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2503-ben-taub-er-1960s-600dpi.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Ben Taub Hospital emergency room, 1960's.\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2503-ben-taub-er-1960s-600dpi.jpg 3092w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2503-ben-taub-er-1960s-600dpi-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2503-ben-taub-er-1960s-600dpi-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2503-ben-taub-er-1960s-600dpi-1024x690.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Taub Hospital emergency room, 1960&#8217;s.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>MEDLINE, the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, was implemented in 1964 by the National Library of Medicine as MEDLARS[6] (not online, of course). It was the first large-scale, computer-based, retrospective search service available to the public.\n<figure id=\"attachment_1724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1724\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782a-tmc-computer-ibm-7094-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1724\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782a-tmc-computer-ibm-7094-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"The Medical Center's IBM 7904 mainframe computer system, circa 1969.\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782a-tmc-computer-ibm-7094-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg.jpg 5950w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782a-tmc-computer-ibm-7094-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782a-tmc-computer-ibm-7094-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782a-tmc-computer-ibm-7094-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg-1024x716.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Medical Center&#8217;s IBM 7904 mainframe computer system, circa 1969.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1725\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782d-tmc-computer-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1725\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782d-tmc-computer-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"The appliance in the foreground is an IBM 716 printer, marketed between the mid-1950's and 1969.\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782d-tmc-computer-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg.jpg 4208w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782d-tmc-computer-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782d-tmc-computer-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/p-2782d-tmc-computer-1965-or-69-600dpi-jpg-1024x738.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appliance in the foreground is an IBM 716 printer, marketed between the mid-1950&#8217;s and 1969.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>In 1969, Denton Cooley implanted the first artificial heart. The Liotta-Cooley Artificial Heart is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution.\u00a0\u00a0 The films of the surgery are held by the McGovern Collections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Archives staffer Kiersten Bryant selected some of her favorite 1960&#8217;s Joseph Schwarting illustrations:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1720\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-42-24-heartbull-19640304-phone-jpg-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1720\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-42-24-heartbull-19640304-phone-jpg-crop.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-42-24-heartbull-19640304-phone-jpg-crop.jpg 3386w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-42-24-heartbull-19640304-phone-jpg-crop-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-42-24-heartbull-19640304-phone-jpg-crop-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-42-24-heartbull-19640304-phone-jpg-crop-1024x526.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Man on phone&#8221;, Heart Bulletin, March-April 1964<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1730\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-11-63-heartbull-1963-jpg-crop1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1730\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-11-63-heartbull-1963-jpg-crop1.jpg?w=247\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-11-63-heartbull-1963-jpg-crop1.jpg 3609w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-11-63-heartbull-1963-jpg-crop1-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-11-63-heartbull-1963-jpg-crop1-768x934.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-11-63-heartbull-1963-jpg-crop1-842x1024.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Peripheral auscultation: Prospecting with a stethoscope&#8221; Cancer Bulletin, September-October 1963<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1729\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-7-cancbull-19680102-jpg-crop1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1729\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-7-cancbull-19680102-jpg-crop1.jpg?w=247\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-7-cancbull-19680102-jpg-crop1.jpg 2927w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-7-cancbull-19680102-jpg-crop1-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-7-cancbull-19680102-jpg-crop1-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-7-cancbull-19680102-jpg-crop1-843x1024.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Pill and Cancer&#8221; Cancer Bulletin, January-February 1968.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1728\" style=\"width: 138px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-2-cancerbull-19650304-recent-advances-jpg-crop1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1728\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-2-cancerbull-19650304-recent-advances-jpg-crop1.jpg?w=138\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-2-cancerbull-19650304-recent-advances-jpg-crop1.jpg 3111w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-2-cancerbull-19650304-recent-advances-jpg-crop1-138x300.jpg 138w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/07\/ic094-4-2-cancerbull-19650304-recent-advances-jpg-crop1-473x1024.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Recent advances in the diagnosis of cancer&#8221; Cancer Bulletin, March-April 1965.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sources consulted:<br \/>\n[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/friends\/\">Friends<\/a> of the Texas Medical Center Library<br \/>\n[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harrishealth.org\/en\/services\/locations\/pages\/ben-taub.aspx\">Ben Taub General Hospital<\/a>: Harris Health System<br \/>\n[3] <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harris_Health_System\">Harris Health System<\/a>, Wikipedia.<br \/>\n[4] Handbook of Texas Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshaonline.org\/handbook\/online\/articles\/fta43\">Ben Taub<\/a> (1889-1982)<br \/>\n[5] Texas Medical Center timeline: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150905154625\/http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/tmclibrary100\/timeline\/1960s\/\">1960&#8217;s<\/a><br \/>\n[6] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/bsd\/mmshome.html\">MEDLARS<\/a>, National Library of Medicine<br \/>\n[7] Institutional collection 94 Medical Arts Publishing Foundation<br \/>\n[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/ibm\/history\/exhibits\/701\/701_1415bx16.html\">IBM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alethea Drexler archives assistant July&#8217;s photo exhibit had to be trimmed down, but don&#8217;t worry&#8211;it&#8217;s for a good cause.\u00a0 We need the display space for a traveling exhibit.\u00a0 More on that later. 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