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[Pictorial lettersheets of Dr. William A. Hammond's Sanitarium for Diseases of the Nervous System, Fourteenth Street and Sheridan Avenue, Washington, D.C.] [graphic].
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Creator
Photo Engraving Co.
Contributor
Blodgett, Herbert L., associated name.
Title
[Pictorial lettersheets of Dr. William A. Hammond's Sanitarium for Diseases of the Nervous System, Fourteenth Street and Sheridan Avenue, Washington, D.C.] [graphic].
Publisher
New York: Photo Eng Co
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
3 prints: line photoengraving; 26 x 21 cm. (10.25 x 8.25 in.) or smaller.
Description
Prints include illustration showing the exterior of the sanatorium founded in 1888 by William A. Hammond, neurologist, a founder of the American Neurological Association, and eleventh surgeon General of of the U.S. Army (1862-1864). Pedestrians walk and converse on the sidewalk in front of the mansion-like building and a horse-drawn carriage passes in the street. An iron-wrought fence lines the property landscaped with trees.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Two of prints attributed to Photo Engraving Co.
P.2011.46.156 completed in manuscript to "Father" from Herbert L. Blodgett on December 19, 1890 about the $105 cost for his week-long residency at the sanitarium leaving him short $70 after paying his fare back to Boston.
P.2011.46.157 completed in manuscript by William A. Hammond on January 22, 1891 as receipt for "Received of Hon. R. Blodgett $105 in full for medical treatment &c at my institution" to Herbert Blodgett.
P.2011.46.158 completed in manuscript on March 22, 1894 to "Dear Sir" from William A. Hammond about his seeing "Herbert before stopping his medicine" for a week's stay at the "reduced price" of $50 to "[ascertain] as far as possible that no traces of his disease exist."
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject
Hamilton, William, A. 1828-1900.
Sanatoriums -- Washington (D.C.)
Carriages & coaches -- Washington (D.C.)
Genre
Pictorial lettersheets -- 1880-1890.
Line photoengravings -- 1880-1890.
Provenance
Blodgett, Herbert L., associated name.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - H [P.2011.157-159]
Accession number
P.2011.46.157
P.2011.46.158
P.2011.46.159
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William H. Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection
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