Historical Medical Images

The Philadelphia Pediatric Society

The images below were all obtained from www.phillyhistory.org, a searchable archive of pictures from the City of Philadelphia. The captions are taken directly from these archives and reflect the terminology of their time period.

As more images are available through the archive. They will be added. If you would like to contribute any historical images pertaining to the history of pediatrics in Philadelphia, please contact us.

October 24, 1910 - Philadelphia Hospital - Whooping Cough Ward

November 14, 1910 - Dental Clinic at City Hall - Dental Department of Children

June 1, 1912 - Children's Hospital - 22nd and Locust Streets

June 1, 1912 - Rear Entrance - Children's Hospital - 22nd and Locust Streets. Man

Standing With Child in Arms-Dispensary

December 23, 1912 - Medical Inspection Branch of the Alexander D. Bache School

(Further historical context for this image is available at The Philly History Blog and at this site)

June 29, 1914 The Child Federation Baby Saving Show, City Hall Courtyard. This show was meant

to display proper care and hygiene of infants

June 2, 1915. City of Philadelphia Bureau of Health chart detailing infant deaths with mean

temperature and humidity. This chart details a peak of deaths due to diarrhea and enteritis in the

summer

May 2, 1917 - Health Center #2, 7th and Winton Ave

May 5, 1917 - Baby nursing from a bottle

September 15, 1920, Visiting nurse examining a child

April 25, 1923 - Public Schools Omnibus for Crippled Children - Meade School - 18th

and Oxford Streets.

August 4, 1927, Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases - Byberry - Children's

Dining Room

August 14, 1931- Jefferson Hospital Building - 10th and Walnut Streets

November 21, 1931 - Health Center #4 - 1633 Point Breeze Avenue.

April 5, 1937 - Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School

1937 - Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School

1939 - Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School (click here for further info)

HOME