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Start Over Collection Historical Images Documenting Duke Health Year 1925 to 1929

  • Train tracks leading to construction site of the School of Medicine and Duke University's west campus

    Description:
    Railroad tracks were placed for steam engine trains to bring building materials, including rocks from the nearby quarry, to the site of the future Duke University School of Medicine. The partially-constructed School of Medicine as well as some...
    Date:
    circa 1927-1929

  • School of Medicine construction

    Description:
    The School of Medicine under construction. Railroad tracks were placed for steam engine trains to bring building materials to Duke University.
    Date:
    circa 1929

  • Joseph W. Beard

    Description:
    Dr. Beard was virologist at the Duke University School of Medicine from 1937 to 1973. This was taken around the time of his University of Chicago graduation (BS) in 1925.
    Date:
    1925

  • Duke Hospital under construction

    Description:
    Trains were used to bring supplies into campus including stones from Duke's own quarry in Hillsborough, N.C. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930....
    Date:
    1928

  • Duke Hospital prior to completion

    Description:
    Duke Hospital with railroad tracks. Trains were used to bring supplies into campus including stones from Duke's own quarry in Hillsborough, N.C. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital...
    Date:
    circa 1929

  • Duke Hospital and School of Medicine under construction

    Description:
    Construction was started September 1, 1927 and was completed in 1930. The original main entrance to the School of Medicine is now known as the Davison Building.
    Date:
    1929

  • Construction of the School of Medicine

    Description:
    Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
    Date:
    circa 1928-1930

  • Construction of the Duke University School of Medicine and other buildings

    Description:
    The School of Medicine and other Duke University West Campus buildings under construction. The original entrance to the School of Medicine is now known as the Davison building (named for the School of Medicine's first dean Wilburt Cornell...
    Date:
    circa 1928-1930

  • Construction of the Duke University School of Medicine

    Description:
    Railroad tracks were placed for steam engine trains to bring building materials to the School of Medicine, now known as the Davison building. Construction of the School of Medicine was completed in 1930. Some workers or trustees are visible to the...
    Date:
    1928