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C. Everett Koop standing outside the operating room of the new Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Title:: C. Everett Koop standing outside the operating room of the new Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Creator:: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Date:: May 1978
Description:: In 1978, Children's Hospital moved from its outdated dilapidated quarters on Bainbridge Street in South Philadelphia to a new building adjacent to the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. The new building, with a modern, much longer operating room, was the most expensive building in the state of Pennsylvania at the time.
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Genre:: Photographic prints
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: QQBBTC
NLM ID:: 101584930X311
Profiles Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X311
Story Section:: Biographical Information