1887 - I HOSPITAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
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1887 - I HOSPITAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AN OUTSIDE ALLIE A full page color print front cover from Puck Magazine. Dated December 21, 1887. Volume XXII – Number 563. "Remember Hospital Saturday and Sunday." In the late1800's to 1930's, offerings were taken up in church once a month to support the local doctor and if there, medical clinic or small "hospital". Thus began a tradition of religious institutions or churches supporting or even naming hospitals. Depiction of a wealthy-coated man in top hat, walking by the church giving box for Hospital Saturday and Sunday, not generous, and resisting giving a donation. Caption: “Good brother Preacher, the sick and poor Shall be glad of the alms that you procure When Hospital Sunday again draws nigh, And I will wait outside the gate And remind the neighbor who passes by.” Image size: 10 inches by 13 ½ inches. Manifest Record: UnknownCollection
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Hospital Sunday & Medical Benevolence
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