{"id":2864,"date":"2022-03-28T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmcldev.wpengine.com\/mcgovern\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:24:42","slug":"abcc-photographs-and-texas-healthcare-postcards-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/2022\/03\/28\/abcc-photographs-and-texas-healthcare-postcards-online\/","title":{"rendered":"ABCC Photographs and Texas Healthcare Postcards Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

by Matt Richardson, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Recently, we wrote about efforts here at the MHC to get more historical photographs online<\/a>. In February, we posted more than 100 images from the IC 104 Texas Medical Center (TMC) Photograph Collection<\/a>. Since then, our digital collections have continued to grow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The latest addition is a group of nearly 150 images from the IC 099 Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Photograph Collection<\/a>. Mostly taken between 1948 and 1960, these images range from shots of examination rooms and laboratories<\/a> to pictures of ABCC staff and friends out foraging mushrooms for a picnic<\/a>. The photographs offer a window into the lives of the doctors, nurses, scientists, and others who worked as part of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Many of them feature the families and friends of both American and Japanese ABCC personnel. And did we mention Eleanor Roosevelt’s visit to Japan is included?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Histology staff at work in a laboratory with microscopes and other equipment, 1960. [IC099-p5063-001b, IC 099 Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Photograph Collection, McGovern Historical Center, TMC Library]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Louise Cavagnaro, Zoe Green, Paul Fillmore, Pat Fillmore, Dr. Breeden, and others sit and eat at the matsutake hunt at George Sakoda’s uncle’s place, Hiroshima., 1949. [IC099-p5187-024, IC 099 Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Photograph Collection, McGovern Historical Center, TMC Library]<\/figcaption>\r\n
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Visiting the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt sits in the front row of an assembly. She and Grant Taylor, who is standing at the head of the room, lean in towards on another. [IC099-p5009-001, IC 099 Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Photograph Collection, McGovern Historical Center, TMC Library]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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But wait, there\u2019s more! What\u2019s really blowing up the digital collection numbers (and the pageviews!) is our IC 091 Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection<\/a>. We\u2019re proud to report that more than 750 postcards (front and back) are newly shared on our archival collections site. Since these went up, postcards featuring places like The Beach<\/a> at Mineral Wells, Texas, and the Temple Sanitarium<\/a> in Temple, Texas, have been among the most popular pages on our collections site (Note: the author wholly approves of the idea of \u201cthe beach\u201d as a place for improving one\u2019s wellbeing). We have to admit we\u2019re a little disappointed that San Antonio<\/a> and Dallas<\/a> postcards outnumber the Houston<\/a> ones in this collection. But considering that a good portion of these images pre-date the Texas Medical Center<\/a>, we can\u2019t complain too much. Enjoy!<\/p>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n

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The Beach, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1911. [IC091-miwe_04, IC 091 Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection, McGovern Historical Center, TMC Library]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n
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Temple Sanitarium and Accessory Buildings, Temple, Texas, 1900. [IC091-temp_40, IC 091 Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection, McGovern Historical Center, TMC Library]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n
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Texas Medical Center, Houston, 1960. [IC091-hous_28, IC 091 Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection, McGovern Historical Center, TMC Library]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n
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by Matt Richardson, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Recently, we wrote about efforts here at the MHC to get more historical photographs online. In February, we posted more than 100 images from the IC 104 Texas Medical Center (TMC) Photograph Collection. Since then, our digital collections have continued to grow. The latest addition is a […]<\/p>\n

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