Program from The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School
Object Details
- Description
- A program from The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School fundraising events held from April 22-27, 1909. The program is printed on white paper and held together with a staple in the spine. The front cover is missing. The back cover of the program is plain, off-white, textured paper. The interior pages are glossy white with black text and black and white photographs. The front page of the program is dominated by a large, black and white illustration of the hospital; a four story brick building with eleven (11) sets of double windows. The building is depicted from the corner and one side of the building is also visible, next to grassy area with trees and plants. In the foreground is the street with people milling on the sidewalk. Black text printed in Old English text font reads [Dedication / April 22nd to April 27th, 1909] at the top and [Frederick Douglass / Memorial hospital and Training / School / Lombard and Sixteenth Streets] printed at the bottom with visitor information printed below in a different font. The booklet includes the program of speakers and activities for April 22nd through April 27th. The program has sixteen (16) pages.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ladene Miles Bourne
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- April 1909
- Object number
- 2019.35.2
- Printed by
- The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, American, 1895 - 1973
- Subject of
- Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
- Dr. Nathan Francis Mossell, 1856 - 1946
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- souvenir programs
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 9 × 6 5/16 × 1/16 in. (22.8 × 16 × 0.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 9 × 12 7/16 × 1/16 in. (22.8 × 31.6 × 0.1 cm)
- Place used
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Topic
- African American
- Education
- Medicine
- Urban life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2019.35.2
