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D43736-15
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- 1949-07-15 (Creation)
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Western singer and motion picture actor Gene Autry visits patients at Cushman Hospital on July 15, 1949. Known as the Cushman Indian Hospital, it had originally housed the Puyallup Indian School. It provided care for Northwest Indian tribal members, especially in the field of tuberculosis. Mr. Autry, dressed in his trademark white hat, smiles at two adult male patients. He had also paid a visit to the children's ward that day. Mr. Autry would be appearing in a Western variety show at Memorial Fieldhouse on the campus of the College of Puget Sound later that evening. ALBUM 8.
Singers; Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Autry, Gene, 1907-1998; Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cushman Indian Hospital (Tacoma); Indians of North America--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sick persons;