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| Advertisement | Seattle Hospital (1876) |
| Publication Source | Business directory of the city of Seattle for the year 1876 : comprising a history of the first settlement, after development, and present population and business of the city, p. 13 |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | 1876
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| Advertisement Text | Seattle, W.T. To the sick who have no homes, and need comfortable rooms, good nursing and skillful medical or surgical treatment at moderate prices, this hospital offers inducements superior to any other institution fo the kind north of San Francisco. Apply either in person or by letter, to G.A. Weed, M.D. |
| Contextual Notes | Gideon A. Weed settled in Seattle in 1870 and opened a private hospital in 1874. With the support of King County commissioners, he provided medical care to poor residents. In 1886 and 1887, Weed was elected mayor of Seattle.
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| Category | Health and hygiene
Commercial and professional services |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Hospitals--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0345 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. 979.743 D62w |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
