Band Entertaining Soldiers at Percy Jones Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan, April 1944

Summary

In August 1942, the United States Army purchased the former main building of John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek, Michigan, sanitarium. It was remodeled and rededicated as Percy Jones Army Hospital. By the end of World War II, the hospital and its associated facilities were the Army's largest medical installation. Reactivated during the Korean War, Percy Jones closed permanently in 1954.

In August 1942, the United States Army purchased the former main building of John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek, Michigan, sanitarium. It was remodeled and rededicated as Percy Jones Army Hospital. By the end of World War II, the hospital and its associated facilities were the Army's largest medical installation. Reactivated during the Korean War, Percy Jones closed permanently in 1954.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

09 April 1944

Subject Date

09 April 1944

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.79678.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in

Width: 11.00 in

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