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Hermann Hospital was a public hospital endowed by George Hermann (1843-1914) with a fortune accumulated through investments in oil and real estate. The hospital opened south of downtown Houston in the summer of 1925. It merged with Memorial Hospital in 1999 to create Memorial Hermann Health System. The original Spanish-style building is now part of Children's Memorial Hermann in the northwest corner of the Medical Center.

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IC086-OV107-f1-003

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English

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A black and white photograph of the Hermann Professional Building. A relief sculpture is visible along the sides of the front door. There are still construction materials that surround the building, and there is a person visible in one of the open windows near the top of the Building. The back of the photograph has a stamp that gives the name of the photography company, "Dorsey and Peters," a Houston-based company at the time. There is a negative number given on the back of the photograph in the stamp that reads 4808-527. In pencil written on the back of the photograph it says, "Hermann Professional Building Relief Sculpture at front door is by Baylor College of medicine artist." Find out more at Hermann Hospital Archive records.

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Medical Office Buildings, Construction, Relief (Sculpture) American, Houston (Tex.), Hermann Hospital (Houston, Tex.), Texas Medical Center, photographs » black-and-white photographs, photographs, reliefs (sculptures)

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