Homer G. Phillips Hospital Emergency Room. Dr. R. C. Haskell on left with glasses. Haksell was the first manager of the City Hospital No. 2 before Homer G. Phillips opened.
Horizontal, black and white portrait showing an African American man wearing a lab coat and sitting at a desk. A variety of books and papers cover the top of the desk.
Dr. J. Owen Blache (1900-1964) attended medical school at Howard University and, following an internship, was trained as a pathologist at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. After a stint in the army from 1942-45, he returned to Homer G. Phillips where he was made Director of Pathology, a position he held for the rest of his career.
Horizontal, black and white group portrait showing doctors, nurses, and other staff at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. The group of African Americans is posed on the steps of a grand building, presumably the steps of the hospital. Several of the men are wearing lab coats, and several of the women are wearing nurse's uniforms.
Horizontal, black and white photograph showing African American doctors in an operating room, probably at City Hospital #2. A group of surgeons are gathered around a patient lying on a table in the center of the image, while another doctor or nurse is cleaning or preparing equipment at a table on the right. Large lights hang from the ceiling.
Horizontal, black and white photograph showing a group portrait of African American nursing students and nursing staff wearing their uniforms, probably at City Hospital #2. The group is posed in three rows in front of the entrance to a large stone building.
Horizontal, black and white photograph showing four rows of African American nurses posed on the steps of an unidentified building. The women are wearing their nursing uniforms. The women are identified below the photograph: "1st Row: Evelyn Smith Mischeaux, Mary Hurley, Winifred Polack, Beatrice Wilkerson, Beatrice Hinch. / 2nd Row: Archie Rhodes Smith, Frances Wheeler, Bessie Newsome Cole, Ethel Ewing, Agnes Smith, Juanita Caston, Goldie Walker Hill, Annie Yolande Hutcherson / 3rd Row: Ophelia Clark, Branchie House, Willie Kaufman. / 4th Row: Amelia Gears, Ester Bullock, Florence Primas, Nettie Vick."
