Collection of 1930s Historical Photographs SFGH.2015.005

Griffin Burgess. Updated by Edith Escobedo in 2021.

Barnett-Briggs Medical Library, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center

Barnett-Briggs Medical Library

San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center

1001 Potrero Ave

San Francisco, CA 94110

Griffin.Burgess@ucsf.edu

URL: http://sfghlibrary.ucsf.edu

Contributing Institution: Barnett-Briggs Medical Library, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center

Title: 1930s Historical Photograph Collection

Identifier/Call Number: SFGH.2015.005

Physical Description: 1.25 Linear Feet (3 photo boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1930s

Abstract: This collection contains 4x5 cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate negatives and some prints of SFGH in the 1930s. Included are images of the outside of the hospital, patient rooms, equipment, ambulances, and emergency hospitals.

Physical Description: Two 4x5 photo boxes and one 5x7 photo box.

Language of Material: English .

Preferred Citation

[Item], [Photo ID number], 1930s Historical Photograph Collection, SFGH 2015-005. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains negatives and print images of SFGH. The images date from the 1930s, with some of the images specifically dated to 1937. Included are images of the buildings' exteriors, the chest clinic, the chest clinic gate, the staircases, equipment, interiors, patient rooms, ambulances, emergency hospitals, and kitchens.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into 20 series by subject: I. Outdoor Views; II. Buildings 80/90; III. Chest Clinic; IV. Chest Clinic Gate; V. Staircases; VI. Patient Rooms; VII. Large Equipment; VIII. Equipment Kits; IX. Single Bed Rooms and Equipment; X. Interiors with Staff; XI. Miscellaneous Interiors; XII. Kitchen; XIII. Ambulances; XIV. SFGH Emergency; XV. Non-SFGH Emergency; XVI. Isolation Hospitals; XVII. Splints; XIII. Instruction Pictures with Captions; XIX. Boy Scouts; XX. Paper Negatives.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Processing Information

Processed by Griffin Burgess in 2015.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission ofthe copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Additions

No future additions are expected.

Acquisition Information

Gift from the Barnett-Briggs Medical Library, Stephen Kiyoi, Library Director, formerly Joy Graham, March 2015.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Medical photography

Photographs--History

box 1, items 1-15, box 2, items 33-35, box 3, items 4

Outdoor Views

Physical Description: 30 negatives and 3 prints

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the outside of the hospital, including buildings 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 80, 90, the isolation building, and the administration building.

box 1, items 17-26, box 2, items 36-41

Buildings 80/90

Physical Description: 10 negatives and 6 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the outsides of buildings 80 and 90.

box 1, items 27-40, box 2, item 42

Chest Clinic

Physical Description: 14 negatives

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the chest clinic, including images of doctors and nurses with patients, staff and equipment, x-rays, and the chest clinic entrance.

box 1, items 41-53

Chest Clinic Gate

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the chest clinic gate from multiple angles.

box 1, items 54-69

Staircases

Physical Description: 16 negatives

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the administration building staircase and a staircase on a building roof.

box 1, items 70-79, box 2, items 43-44

Patient Rooms

Physical Description: 10 negatives and 2 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of empty patient rooms, including rooms with an iron lung and a crib.

box 1, items 80-102, box 2, item 45

Large Equipment

Physical Description: 23 negatives and 1 print

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of large equipment, including laundry machines, generators, and x-ray machines. Many of the images are of unidentified equipment that may have been used for sanitizing or storing equipment.

box 1, items 103-115, box 2, items 46-49

Equipment Kits

Physical Description: 13 negatives and 4 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of sets of equipment, including an enema kit, a surgery kit, an exam kit, a first aid kit, and a medicine kit.

box 1, items 116-130

Single Bed Rooms and Equipment

Physical Description: 15 negatives

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of patient rooms with one bed and various kinds of equipment, including oxygen tanks, medicine cabinets, sinks, and other miscellaneous and unidentified equipment.

box 1, items 137-140

Interiors with Staff

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of various interiors of the hospital with members of staff, including clinicians, technicians, and other staff.

box 1, items 141-149, box 2, item 50, box 3, items 5-7

Miscellaneous Interiors

Physical Description: 9 negatives and 4 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of various interiors in the hospital, including the waiting room, registration desk, hallways, and other rooms.

box 2, items 1-9, box 2, items 51-58

Kitchen

Physical Description: 9 negatives and 8 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the kitchen and kitchen staff.

box 2, items 10-12, box 2, items 59-60

Ambulances

Physical Description: 3 negatives and 2 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the interiors and exteriors of ambulances.

box 2, items 13-16

SFGH Emergency

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the exterior of the emergency building at SFGH.

box 2, items 17-28, box 2, items 61-65

Non-SFGH Emergency

Physical Description: 12 negatives and 5 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the exteriors of non-SFGH emergency hospitals, including Harbor, Alemany, and Park Emergency Hospitals.

box 2, items 29-32, box 2, item 66

Isolation Hospital

Physical Description: 4 negatives and 1 print

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of the isolation hospital, also known as the tuberculosis hospital.

box 3, items 150 -156

Splints

Physical Description: 7 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains diagrams of various kinds of splints and tractions.

box 1, items 157-164, box 3, items 9-11

Instruction Pictures with Captions

Physical Description: 12 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of beds and equipment, with descriptions that suggest that these images were used in instruction.

box 3, items 12-15

Boy Scouts

Physical Description: 4 prints

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of boy scouts who were patients at SFGH.

box 2, items 67-77

Paper Negatives

Scope and Contents

Series includes images of building exteriors.