Cardboard postcard of the Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ont., Canada; shows a hand-tinted photograph of a limestone building from an angle, framed by trees, etc.; back: has space for a postage stamp, address and message; two globes show the world for the publishing company; card is unused.
Cardboard postcard of the Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ont., Canada; shows a hand-tinted photograph of a limestone building from an angle, framed by trees, etc.; back: has space for a postage stamp, address and message; two globes show the world for the publishing company; card is unused.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995
Photo on postcard taken before the 1925 construction of the Richardson Laboratories west of the Nickle Building.
Material
paper: blue; pink; white; green; grey
Inscriptions
"General Hospital, Kingston, Ont., Canada"; back: "FAMOUS // V. & SONS // POST CARD // THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. // Address Only // Correspondence"; name and place of publishing company
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 14.0 cm. x Width: 8.9 cm.
Condition Remarks
Edges a little soft, some staining and the back is dirty, but not darkly
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Other
Reference Comments
"Kingston General Hospital: A Social and Institutional History" by Margaret Angus; "The Kingston General Hospital: A Summary of Its Growth, 1835-1954" by C. H. Kennedy
Research Facts
The Main Building was completed in June 1835, to which the Watkins Wing was added in 1862, and the Nickle Wing in 1891, and these "sections" are what are seen in this postcard; for full details, refer to the book cited below.