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