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Publication Date
No published or copyright date listed on postcard.
Postmark Date
1947
Card Text (transcribed from postcard)
McGuire General Hospital -- Located in Chesterfield County, 1/2 mile south of Richmond, Virginia, consists of 70 brick and masonry buildings. Construction was begun in August, 1943 and received its first patients in July, 1944. Named in honor of Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, famous Civil War surgeon, it contains 1,784 beds and is used by the U.S. Army as the evacuation center for overseas wounded until they can be transferred to Army Hospitals nearer their homes.
Topical Subject
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Richmond
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Postcards; Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 20th century; Richmond (Va.) -- Pictorial works
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
postcards
Local Genre
postcard
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards
Source
Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
postcard_753.jpg