University of Pittsburgh Health Center Complex

1956

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University of Pittsburgh Health Center Complex

Title
University of Pittsburgh Health Center Complex
Creator
John R. Shrader
Identifier
MSP285.B009.F14.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B009.F14.I01
Description
The University of Pittsburgh Health Center, one of the world’s most concentrated medical complexes, is located in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Some of the buildings include, Children’s Hospital (1927), Presbyterian University Hospital (1930-1938) and Jones E. Salk Hall (1940, formally the Municipal Hospital and where the Salk vaccine was developed in the early 1950s). In this small section of the campus people such as Jonas Salk, Benjamin Spock, Erik Erikson, and Thomas Starzl have practiced medicine and conducted research, and made far-reaching contributions to the health of people worldwide.
Genre
photographs
Subject
University of Pittsburgh.Health Center.
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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