1927 ~ ID'ED 14K GOLD VICKSBURG INFIRMARY PIN
Item #: CWB12970
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1 1/4" ~ 14K GOLD PIN ATTRIBUTED TO BESSIE BREHM AND DATED APRIL 1, 1927
The three-story Greek Revival building that would become the Vicksburg Infirmary was constructed in 1869 on the southwest corner of Harrison and Vick streets for Reverend J. E. Wheeler’s seminary ladies school, the Vicksburg Female Institute. In December of 1902, Dr. R. A. Quin, Dr. E. F. Howard, Dr. J. H. Purnell, Dr. B. B. Martin, Dr. H. H. Haralson, Dr. H. B. Wilson, and Dr. Joseph Waldauer chartered the Vicksburg Infirmary.They hired architects Rawson and Baunack to develop plans to transform the Wheeler House into a state-of-the-art medical facility. In August of 1904, the Herald reported that architect P. H. Weathers had been hired to provide plans for the "Marine Hospital Annex to the Vicksburg Infirmary for the comfort of Negro patients.” This frame building was constructed at the rear of the main building and was designed with male and female wards and bathrooms.When the Vicksburg Infirmary opened, the per-day rates were $1.50 to $5 and by 1906, they were $3 to $5. In October 1904, a training school for nurses opened at the Vicksburg Infirmary. It was a six-month course and they hoped to graduate four to six nurses in the first term.In June 1909, Dr. B. B. Martin announced that a Pasteur Institute was to be started at the Vicksburg Infirmary with Dr. William Krauss from Memphis in charge. The Pasteur treatment was a vaccine used to prevent a person from developing rabies.
In July 1921, the Infirmary was "selected by the government as the local hospital to look after veterans (of World War I), and it will be the duty of the Allein post to visit that institution regularly when sick veterans are being treated here.” The Infirmary was demolished in 1972.
The three-story Greek Revival building that would become the Vicksburg Infirmary was constructed in 1869 on the southwest corner of Harrison and Vick streets for Reverend J. E. Wheeler’s seminary ladies school, the Vicksburg Female Institute. In December of 1902, Dr. R. A. Quin, Dr. E. F. Howard, Dr. J. H. Purnell, Dr. B. B. Martin, Dr. H. H. Haralson, Dr. H. B. Wilson, and Dr. Joseph Waldauer chartered the Vicksburg Infirmary.They hired architects Rawson and Baunack to develop plans to transform the Wheeler House into a state-of-the-art medical facility. In August of 1904, the Herald reported that architect P. H. Weathers had been hired to provide plans for the "Marine Hospital Annex to the Vicksburg Infirmary for the comfort of Negro patients.” This frame building was constructed at the rear of the main building and was designed with male and female wards and bathrooms.When the Vicksburg Infirmary opened, the per-day rates were $1.50 to $5 and by 1906, they were $3 to $5. In October 1904, a training school for nurses opened at the Vicksburg Infirmary. It was a six-month course and they hoped to graduate four to six nurses in the first term.In June 1909, Dr. B. B. Martin announced that a Pasteur Institute was to be started at the Vicksburg Infirmary with Dr. William Krauss from Memphis in charge. The Pasteur treatment was a vaccine used to prevent a person from developing rabies.
In July 1921, the Infirmary was "selected by the government as the local hospital to look after veterans (of World War I), and it will be the duty of the Allein post to visit that institution regularly when sick veterans are being treated here.” The Infirmary was demolished in 1972.
Shipping Weight:
1 lb
Item # CWB12970
$225.00 USD