Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Wing of Windham County Memorial Hospital

Publication

Windham Textile and History Museum

A grainy black and white photograph from a newspaper, the picture is distorted on the left side from the paper being folded. Below the picture is a short article divided into two sections to the left and right.

Name/Title

Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Wing of Windham County Memorial Hospital

Entry/Object ID

2024.9.45

Secondary Title

The First Shovelsfull of Earth

Description

A newspaper article featuring Charles W. Hill, shown digging with a ceremonial shovel at the groundbreaking for the new wing of the Windham County Memorial Hospital. Beside him in the photograph is Stanley J. Sumner, president of the hospital. Charles Hill was the chairman of the building committee. The photograph and article were featured on the front page of the Willimantic Daily Chronicle, March 18, 1959. Photograph by Richard T. Moriarty.

Collection

Hill Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Publication Details

Publication Type

Newspaper

Place Published

Neighborhood

Willimantic, CT

City

Windham, CT

Continent

North America

Region

Northeast

Date Published

Mar 18, 1959

Place Printed

Neighborhood

Willimantic, CT

City

Windham, CT

Continent

North America

Region

Northeast

Date Printed

Mar 18, 1959

Publication Language

English

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-A-3

Date

July 5, 2024

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Accumulated by donor's grandparents

Acquisition Method

Donation H,C,C,R Beck

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

July 3, 2024

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

August 16, 2024