Philadelphia General Hospital
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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
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Earlier Established Forms
Sources
found: Alexandria Drafting Co. Philadelphia & Camden street map [atlas], c1974(Philadelphia General Hospital)
found: LC database 3-9-93(hdg.: Philadelphia. General Hospital)
found: Hunter, R.J. The origin of the Philadelphia General Hospital Blockley Division, 1955:p. 5 (outgrowth of the Philadelphia Almshouse, erected in 1731 or 1732; name Philadelphia Hospital officially adopted in 1834, but the Almshouse and Hospital continued to be located together in Blockley Township until Mar. 29, 1920, when the Almshouse moved to Holmesburg; name Philadelphia General Hospital adopted in 1902; became Philadelphia General Hospital (Blockley Division) in 1953)
found: O'Donnell, D.G. The closure of Philadelphia General Hospital, 2004abstract (PGH; closed in 1977)
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Change Notes
1981-04-27: new
2013-04-06: revised
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