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City Hospital, Augusta, GA

 


City Hospital, Augusta, GA
Postmarked in 1909.

 


Lamar Hospital, Augusta, GA
The hospital, built in 1894, was constructed with funds donated by Gazeway Lamar who specified it was to be "used to build a hospital for the exclusive care of Negro patients.".  It burned in 1910 and the Tabernacle Baptist Church was built on the site.

 


Veterans Administration Hospital, Augusta, GA
Postcard states it is "located on the hills above the city on a tract of 165 acres of rolling woodland, where bracing climate, dry air and clear skies enable the patients to spend most of their waking hours out of doors throughout the year."

 


V. A. Hospital
Postmarked in 1941.

 


University Hospital, Augusta, GA
Built circa 1915, it featured 270 beds with separate wings for white and black patients.   The buildings were torn down in 1990.

 


University Hospital aerial view

 

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