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Listen: The Latin ProgramMrs. Ira Hopkins styling hair at the W.T. Edwards Tuberculosis Hospital in Tallahassee.
Image Number
Date Note
Rights
Collection
, M87- 27, Box 5
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Hospitals--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Long-term care facilities--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Sanatoriums--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Tuberculosis--Hospitals
Care of the sick
Hospital care
Sick--Services for
Beauty, Personal
Hairdressing
Beauty operators
Beauty culture
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Additional Creator
Physical Description
General Note
Opened on July 1, 1952 as the W.T. Edwards Tuberculosis Hospital, it later became Sunland Hospital in 1968. The hospital closed in 1983, the State sold the site (building and 25 acres) in February 2006 and the building was demolished in September 2006. The hospital was located on Gadsden Street.
Accompanying note: "Beauticians in Tallahassee have gone to hospitals this week, to give free hairdos to patients."
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