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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.os003_023.001
Description
Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. Photographer: Sam Melhorn.
Since it opened as a 150-bed hospital in 1912, Baptist was considered a city landmark. The hospital underwent numerous expansions reaching its highest point in 1967 with the completion of an18-story tower when it became the largest private hospital in the world with 2,000 beds. It was demolished on November 6, 2005.
Date Created
2021
Date
1968
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, 1968" (2021). Memphis. 96.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/96
Keywords
Baptist Memorial Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.), Hospitals--Tennessee--Memphis.
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