Dr. Gorrie gravesite at the John Gorrie Museum State Park in Apalachicola, Florida.

Title

• Dr. Gorrie gravesite at the John Gorrie Museum State Park in Apalachicola, Florida.

Image Number

• K893847

Year

• 1993

Series Title

• General: Department of Commerce collection.
• Specific: Department of Commerce collection Series 1047 ; Box 10

General Note

• Arriving at Apalachicola in 1833 and remaining until his death in 1855, Dr. John Gorrie, a brilliant physician and inventor, served as postmaster, city treasurer, town councilman, and bank director. Concern for his yellow fever patients motivated Gorrie to invent a method for cooling their rooms. His invention laid the groundwork for modern refrigeration and air conditioning and was the first patented ice machine.

Additional Corporate Creator

• Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

• 1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.

Subject Term

• Sepulchral monuments
• Parks--Florida--Apalachicola
• Recreation areas--Florida--Apalachicola
• Gravestones
• Grave markers
• Burial rites
• Death rites
• Rites of passage
• Rites
• Practices
• Belief and custom
• Graves
• Tombstones
• State parks and reserves--Florida--Apalachicola

Geographic Term

• John Gorrie Museum State Park (Apalachicola, Fla)
• Franklin County (Fla)

Personal Subject

• Gorrie, John, 1803-1855--Tomb

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: S1047B10.

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