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The Sophie Gumbel Home which has just been completed. The Red Cross has turned it into an emergency hospital, during the Influenza epidemic. Dr. G.M. Corput of the U.S. Public Health Dept. is in charge of the hospital. The Red Cross furnished beds, nurses, orderlies and everything else. It was some job to handle such a proposition and $30,000 was spent to get the thing started, giving beds, etc
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Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Group title: Hospital, U.S.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 6
The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1890s. Americans quickly came to dominate the automotive industry after WWI. Throughout this initial era, the development of automotive technology was rapid. Hundreds of small manufacturers competing to gain the world's attention. Key developments included the electric ignition system, independent suspension, and four-wheel brakes. Transmissions and throttle controls were widely adopted and safety glass also made its debut. Henry Ford perfected mass-production techniques, and Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler emerged as the “Big Three” auto companies by the 1920s. Car manufacturers received enormous orders from the military during World War II, and afterward automobile production in the United States, Europe, and Japan soared.
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