Dr. Sistrunk

Photograph

History Fort Lauderdale

Name/Title

Dr. Sistrunk

Entry/Object ID

5-5442

Description

Portrait of Dr. James Sistrunk. A Broward pioneer, was born in Midway, Florida (near Tallahassee) in 1891. He graduated from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1919 and served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I. After the war, Dr. Sistrunk relocated to Dunnellon, Florida to practice medicine. He moved to Fort Lauderdale in April, 1922. Although he was a qualified surgeon, he was not allowed to perform surgical procedures in white hospitals. In 1938 he joined Dr. Von D. Mizell to establish Fort Lauderdale's first medical facility for blacks, Provident Hospital.

Photograph Details

Subject

African American Civic Leaders Medical

Collection

Historic Photograph Collection

Cataloged By

MTE (Margo Edwards)

Acquisition

Accession

79-19

Source or Donor

Ogle, Boyd

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Civic leaders, Doctors

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

1979.0019.0006

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

79.19.6

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 24, 2008

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sistrunk, Dr. James Franklin

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 24, 2008

Updated By

eandrews@historyfortlauderdale.org

Update Date

June 11, 2024