Army Base Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1919 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Army Base Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1919 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: [Detachment Medical Department, U.S. Army Base Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.]
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Army Base Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1919
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Fort Sam Houston, on the north side of San Antonio, Texas, was a major Army post in 1919, and its base hospital was one of the largest medical facilities the Army operated in the country that year. The First World War had ended in November 1918, and the hospital still cared for soldiers recovering from wounds, gas exposure, and influenza, the pandemic that swept through military camps in the fall and winter of 1918 and 1919. San Antonio had grown into a city of well over 160,000 people by 1920, with its economy built on the military, wholesale trade, and a large Mexican American community that gave the city much of its character. Fort Sam Houston had been a permanent post since the 1870s, so the hospital's buildings stood among a long line of Army structures that residents of the city knew well.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | henningsen, c.w. (carl william) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,420 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Detachment Medical Department, U.S. Army Base Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.] |
| Reference | TX 1919 Army Base Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston |
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