Creator |
Paul, Dan E., photographer. |
Title |
[Group portrait photograph of Dr. Mudgett and four African American physicians outside of Dr. J. H. Mudgett’s Private Hospital
and Training School for Nurses, 2030 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Dan E. Paul, commercial photography, Bell Phone,
2139 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Publisher |
Philadelphia |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1919 |
Date |
[1919] |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : gelatin silver mounted on board; mount 35 x 30 cm (13.75 x 11.75 in.) |
Description |
Group portrait depicts Dr. John Herbert Mudgett and four African American physicians, posed, standing and seated, on the steps
outside the entryway to the hospital and training school. In the right, two physicians, attired in dark-colored suits and
ties, stand next to Mudgett and the other men seated on the stairs. One of the physicians also wears a mustache. They look
past the photographer. In the center, Mudgett, grey-haired, wearing glasses, and attired in a white suit with bow tie, sits
on the outer edge of the middle stair. He looks past the photographer and his hands are clasped and rest in his lap. To his
right, another two physicians sit next to him on the stairs. They are attired in dark-colored suits with either a tie or bow
tie. One physician wears glasses. They rest their hands and/or arms on the upper part of their bent legs. They look at the
photographer. The visible shoes of the men are shined, except Mudgett’s which are scuffed. View also shows a boot scraper
near the foot of Mudgett, at the base of the steps, and in the right, the sign reading "Dr. Mudgett’s Private Hospital" adorning
the wall of the building.
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Dr. J. H. Mudgett’s Private Hospital and Training School for Nurses was established by New Hampshire-born white (per census
records) physician John H. Mudgett and chartered in 1919. Mudgett served as the medical director of surgery. In 1921, the
school was one of a number of nursing schools advertised in the "Evening Public Ledger" as offering "Free Tuition, Board,
Lodging, and a Nominal Fee" to be trained as a nurse. Mudgett, graduated Dartmouth Medical School in 1896 and resided in Philadelphia
as a physician by circa 1905. By 1925, he was listed as only a physician with no listing for the training school. Mudgett,
a member of the First African Baptist Church, died in 1945. At the time of his death he was in a multiracial marriage with
Adeline Mudgett (1889-1958), a former dressmaker. His race on his death certificate had been altered from white to “colored.”
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Date inferred from photograph with complementary content and article about “Mudgett’s Hospital Has Its First Commencement,”
Philadelphia Tribune, July 19, 1919.
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Name of photographer from photographer's stamp on verso. |
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Manuscript note on verso: Helen Waller. Helen Waller (1897-1925) was one of the first nurse graduates of Mudgett’s Hospital
in 1919. By 1924, she worked as a child hygiene nurse before her death in 1925 from tuberculosis.
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See also complementary group portrait photographs - Education - M [P.2022.5.2 & 3]. |
Subject |
Mudgett, John Herbert, 1872-1945 -- Portraits. |
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Dr. J. H. Mudgett’s Private Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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African American physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African Americans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Nursing schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American nursing schools. |
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Black hospitals. |
Genre |
Group portraits -- 1910-1920. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1910-1920. |
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Gelatin silver prints -- 1910-1920. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *group portrait photographs - education - Mudgett's Hospital [P.2022.5.2] |
Accession number |
P.2022.5.2 |