American Legion Employee with Wheelchairs Purchased for Percy Jones Veterans Hospital with Muster Out Pay, March 1944
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
22 March 1944
Subject Date
22 March 1944
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.79571.2
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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