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First Red Cross Crippled Children's Hospital, 522 18th Avenue S.W.

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Title	First Red Cross Crippled Children's Hospital, 522 18th Avenue S.W.
Identifier	aj_89-15
Subject	Calgary (Alta.) -- History
Location	Calgary, Alberta
Time Coverage	17-Nov-65
Photographer	Alison Jackson
Donor	Alison Jackson Estate
Type	Still Image
Repository	Calgary Public Library, Central Library, Local History Room
Collection	Alison Jackson Photograph Collection
Rights	Copyright Calgary Public Library. 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary AB, T2G 2M2, 1+(403)260-2785 information@calgarypubliclibrary.com
Date Photo	17-Nov-65
Format Photo	35mm colour slide. Taken with a Praktica camera using Kodachrome II daylight film K135 (ASA 32).
Width Digital	4796
Height Digital	2846
File Size	40011.512 KB
File type	TIF
Notes	“Then & Now” columns appeared weekly in the Calgary Herald between 2002 and 2005. The following article appeared December 24, 2003. Then: Junior Red Cross Hospital • Originally built as a residence around 1914, this three-storey brick home was converted for use as a children's hospital in 1922 by the Canadian Red Cross. Known as the Junior Red Cross Hospital, it had a capacity of 35 beds and accommodated children from across the province. Boys resided on the second floor, girls on the first and third. It was funded primarily through donations from the 41,000 junior members of the Red Cross Society and their friends. When a new 50-bed facility opened on 20th Avenue in 1929, this hospital was closed. Now: • The children's hospital reverted to residential use. In recent years, it was renovated and converted to apartments.
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First Red Cross Crippled Children's Hospital, 522 18th Avenue S.W.

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