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Image of Visitors tour new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 28, 1954
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Visitors tour new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 28, 1954

In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9359.8
Date:1954
Image of Groundbreaking for addition to Ballard Hospital, Seattle, 1967
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Groundbreaking for addition to Ballard Hospital, Seattle, 1967

In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9362.1
Date:1966
Image of Aerial view of Firland Sanatorium, Shoreline, May 1938
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Aerial view of Firland Sanatorium, Shoreline, May 1938

Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9372.1
Date:1938
Image of Attendants unloading patients at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, November 25, 1947
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Attendants unloading patients at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, November 25, 1947

Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9374.1
Date:1947
Image of Speakers talking at dedication of new Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, July 10, 1948
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Speakers talking at dedication of new Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, July 10, 1948

Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9375.1
Date:1948
Image of High School graduates posing at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, June 1, 1949
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High School graduates posing at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, June 1, 1949

Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9376.1
Date:1949
Image of Children watching television at Firland sanatorium, Seattle, 1952
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Children watching television at Firland sanatorium, Seattle, 1952

Firland Sanatorium, Seattle's municipal tuberculosis hospital, was built in 1911 to treat patients infected with TB, the leading cause of death in Seattle at the time. Originally called the Henry Sanatorium after leading founder Horace C. Henry, Firland was located 12 miles north of Seattle on a 34-acre campus with open-air cottages for its patients. In 1943 King County assumed…
ID Number:1986.5.9387.1
Date:1952
Image of Patient graduation ceremony at Firland sanatorium, Seattle, 1952

Patient graduation ceremony at Firland sanatorium, Seattle, 1952

Firland Sanatorium, Seattle's municipal tuberculosis hospital, was built in 1911 to treat patients infected with TB, the leading cause of death in Seattle at the time. Originally called the Henry Sanatorium after leading founder Horace C. Henry, Firland was located 12 miles north of Seattle on a 34-acre campus with open-air cottages for its patients. In 1943 King County assumed…
ID Number:1986.5.9388.1
Date:1952
Image of Young patient looking out of window at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, December 1, 1954
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Young patient looking out of window at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, December 1, 1954

Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9391.1
Date:1954
Image of Doctor examining young patient at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, December 1, 1954
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Doctor examining young patient at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, December 1, 1954

Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital sered there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9391.2
Date:1954
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