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Order Number	00089938
Title	White Memorial Hospital, White Memorial Church, looking south
Photographer	Kelly, Howard D.
Collection ID	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b24_f2_i16 (Photographic print); KHAF 338-18
Date	1957
Physical Description	1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Founded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church on September 29, 1913, the College of Medical Evangelist opened a small storefront clinic at 941 E. First Street in Los Angeles. Because demand was so great just three short years later, it became apparent that there was a need to expand the clinic. Through non-stop efforts of the Adventist Church, it purchased property on Boyle Avenue in 1916, and in 1917, construction began on cottage-style buildings that would become a permanent hospital. On April 21, 1918, a crowd of 2,500 people gathered to witness the dedication of White Memorial Hospital - named in honor of Ellen G. White. In 1920, a new dormitory for nurses was built, and in 1923, medical training began with the opening of the White Memorial School of Nursing. In the mid-1930s, the hospital built a 180-bed, five-story concrete and steel structure at a cost of $330,000, which was dedicated in 1937 - it was the first earthquake-resistant hospital in California. In 1955, the hospital completed a new 200-bed facility at a cost of $2.3 million; by the late 1950s, White Memorial's campus was spread out among eight city blocks, and the medical school which was divided between Loma Linda and White Memorial campuses were pressured to merge to a single location. In 1962, Loma Linda University relocated its students and faculty to a consolidated campus in Loma Linda. In 1963, the hospital's ownership was transferred from Loma Linda University to the Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, a division of the Adventist Church; the name would eventually be changed from White Memorial Hospital to White Memorial Medical Center. Today, White Memorial Medical Center, located at 1720 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, is a 369-bed, not-for-profit, faith-based, acute care teaching hospital staffed by 400 physicians, 1,700 employees and 50 volunteers, providing a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and diagnostic services to communities in and near downtown Los Angeles.
Description	Aerial view of White Memorial Hospital (at center) and White Memorial Church (at bottom left); view is looking south. This is the site of the future White Memorial Medical Center on Boyle and Cesar Chavez Avenue in Los Angeles. Some identifiable streets include: (l to r) State Street, middle left to middle top; Bailey Street, bottom left to top middle; Boyle Avenue, bottom right curving at top; (bottom to top) Brooklyn Avenue (presently Cesar E. Chavez Avenue), horizontally at forefront; New Jersey Street, horizontally at lower middle; Michigan Avenue, horizontally at upper center; Pennsylvania Avenue, horizontally at upper middle; and 1st Street, horizontally at upper middle. A small section of the Santa Ana (101) Freeway is visible at top right corner. Photograph dated February 6, 1957.
Publisher	Kelly-Holiday.
Subject	White Memorial Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.). White Memorial Church (Los Angeles, Calif.). White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles, Calif.). Express highways--California, Southern. Hospital buildings--California--Los Angeles. Church buildings--California--Los Angeles. Hospitals--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. United States Highway 101. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views. Aerial photographs
Coverage	1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960
Format	Photographic safety negatives
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection