Daniel Reid, financier was yesterday disclosed as the man whose gift of $175,000 made possible the speedy organization of the Columbia War hospital. All the steel operating rooms and other structures are already erected on the Old Columbia in the Bronx. In a few days the eighteen wards will be finished. They will house 500 patients and a large staff of doctors and nurses. After the war the buildings will be turned over to the Red Cross. General view on the old Columbia oval in the Bronx
Summary
Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: International Film Service.
Group Title: Hospitals, 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 13
Tags
Date
01/01/1917
Location
united states
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html