Duke Hospital prior to completion

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Item Description

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 opened for patients on July 21, 1930. The view of the Hospital shows railroad tracks running in the front of it.
Date created	circa 1929
Subject	Building sites Duke University. Hospital
Identifier	bld00030
Resource type	Image
Holding entity	Duke Medical Center Archives
Archival collection	Photograph & Negative Collection

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• Historical Images Documenting Duke Health