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[Couples in State Lunatic Asylum Park]

Description: Photograph of two couples at the State Lunatic Asylum Park. "Mary" and "C.H.W." are in seated in the foreground. The names of the couple on the bridge are unknown. The hospital opened in 1856, is operated by the Texas Department of State Health Services, and changed its name in 1925. It is the oldest psychiatric hospital in the state of Texas and the third oldest standing public building in the state. It opened with 12 patients and saw as many as 3000 at once time. The Austin State Hospital cu… more
Date: 1901
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Location: 30.305010 -97.739255
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Holy Cross Hospital entrance]

Description: Photograph of the front of Holy Cross Hospital facility. Cars are parked to the left and right of the entrance. The hospital was established on the church grounds in 1940, but moved to its larger facility seen here at 2610 East 19th (now Martin Luther King Jr.) Street in 1951 under the charge of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. The hospital was closed in 1989.
Date: 197X
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Nurses at St. David's Hospital]

Description: Photograph of the exterior view of St. David's Hospital, located at 610 West 17th Street, with a group of nurses standing on the sidewalk in front of the building. The building looks like a large Italianate style mansion with a covered porch, and is partially obscured by trees.
Date: 192X
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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