Percy Jones General Hospital Postcard, Sent Home from Fort Custer Military Training Base, August 12, 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

Postcard

Date Made

circa 1943

Subject Date

12 August 1944

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2020.57.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.375 in
Width: 5.5 in

Percy Jones General Hospital Postcard, Sent Home from Fort Custer Military Training Base, August 12, 1944