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Dr. Benjamin Bluitt was the first African-American surgeon in Texas and one of the first African-Americans to practice medicine in Dallas. His sanitarium -- today we woul[...]
1977 | Image; |
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Dr. John Hicks Florence was the Dallas City Health Officer from 1898 to 1902. During that time, he lived with his family at Parkland Hospital.
Circa 1915 | Image |
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The Medical Arts Building, which opened in 1923 on the northwest corner of St. Paul and Pacific streets, was the first Dallas skyscraper to contain primarily offices for [...]
Circa 1930 | Image; |
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This photo records an event not seen at Parkland Hospital prior to 1964: African-American and white patients waiting together in the same line at the hospital's outpatien[...]
Circa 1965 | Image; |
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St. Paul Sanitarium opened a Free Clinic--the first in Dallas--in 1906. This reproduction of a 1924 photo was posed with doctors, nurses and patients (or perhaps models p[...]
1924 | Image |