The 19th Century Cats At Morris’ Refuge, Morris Animal Refuge, 1242 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Posted by admin on December 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Known first as City Refuge—although not municipal, Miss Elizabeth Morris and several other of her lady friends founded Morris’ Refuge at 1242 Lombard Street in Philadelphia in May 1874. An address where the establishment can still be found today. The name changed to the “Morris Refuge for Homeless and Suffering Animals” in January 1884 at which [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Interior, Location Location Location, Medical Interiors, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Public Architecture · Tags Animal History, Animal Rights History, Animal Shelter, Animal Shelter Philadelphia, Cat Rescue History, City Refuge, Curator of Shit, HIstory of Animal Rights, Morris Animal Refuge, Morris Refuge, Philadelphia Dog Pound, Philadelphia History
Who Will Resuscitate The Joseph Priestley House?
Posted by admin on June 20, 2012 · 3 Comments
Who Will Resuscitate The Joseph Priestley House?
Looking Northeast, the side elevation of the mansion (right), barn (far left), the double privy (on left), and the fences of the Joseph Priestley Estate (House).
Looking northeast at the Side Elevation of the Mansion House of the Joseph Priestley House.
Laboratory Interior View with Retort Experimentation, Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland, [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Colonial Revival, Georgian, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Medical Interiors, Most Recent, Pennsyltucky, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags Curator of Shit, Georgian Architecture, Historic Laboratory, History of Science, Joseph Preistley Oxygen, Joseph Priestley, Joseph Priestley House, Joseph Priestley Northumberland Pennsylvania, Joseph Priestley Scientist, Priestley House
The New Hygienic Laboratory At The Marine Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Posted by admin on March 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Designed and financed by the Federal government, the “new” Hygienic Laboratory of the U.S. Public Health Service and Marine Hospital was constructed between 1907 and 1909 in Washington, D.C. The neoclassical building was completed in 1909. Originally, the U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service had their Laboratory of Hygiene in New York City, but, [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, District of Columbia, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Maryland, Medical Buildings, Medical Interiors, Military, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New Buildings, Public Architecture, Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags History of Medicine, Hygienic Laboratory, Medical Buildings, Medical Campus, Medical History, National Institute of Health History, NIH Building, NIH Facility, NIH History, U.S. Marine Hospital, US Public Health Service, Washington DC Architecture
Shadowless Lights of Modern Operating Rooms, Hazelwood Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky
Posted by admin on December 13, 2011 · 5 Comments
While the two-over-one light wood windows within this view are no doubt original to the Circa 1895 building of the Hazelwood Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky, the operating room seen above has been modernized as it appears in the manner of such rooms just before the Second World War. Also known as the Association Sanatorium of Hazelwood, [...]
Category Architectural History, Art Deco (Fabulous), Art Deco (Flare), Built Environment, Curator of Shit, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Interior, Kentucky, Location Location Location, Louisville, Medical Buildings, Medical Interiors, Modern (?), Modernistic (1920s through 1940s), Public Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Antique Medical Equipment, Curator of Shit, Cure for Tuberculosis, Hazelwood Sanatorium, Historic Medical Interiors, Louisville Architecture, Medical Equipment, Medical History, Medical Interiors, Modern Operating Rooms, Sanatorium Louisville, Tuberculosis History, Vintage Medical Equipment, Vintage Operating Room
