Letterman Army Hospital

Photograph

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Exhibit Envoy

The photographer Ricardo Alvarado worked as a cook at the Letterman Army Hospital and noted the ethnic and racial diversity of his co-workers. Here, a Filipino American army medic shares dinner with a Caucasian colleague in the Presidio army hospital mess hall, during the Korean War era.

The photographer Ricardo Alvarado worked as a cook at the Letterman Army Hospital and noted the ethnic and racial diversity of his co-workers. Here, a Filipino American army medic shares dinner with a Caucasian colleague in the Presidio army hospital mess hall, during the Korean War era.

Name/Title

Letterman Army Hospital

Entry/Object ID

TMFE.31

Description

San Francisco, 1950s

Collection

History San Jose

Made/Created

Artist

Ricardo Alvarado

Dimensions

Height

16-1/2 in

Width

20-1/2 in

Depth

1 in

Dimension Notes

Matted and framed. Black Nielsen frame with picture hanging wire