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Mounted print of an image of the Vanderbilt Hospital and School of Medicine, 1927.

The front exterior of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1943. This building is now known as Medical Center North and houses many administrative and laboratory offices for the hospital and school. The driveway is now a courtyard, and the…

Picture of the Institute on Nursing Arts, June 1946

This picture was taken from the 8th floor of the new VU Hospital.

The new Vanderbilt Hospital wasn't officially opened until 1980, but this view of the old hospital was taken from the new one in October of 1979. Part of the structure can be seen at the very right edge of the image.

The old emergency room was located at the present location of the VU Institute for Imaging Science.

One of possibly two known images of Vivien Thomas at Vanderbilt. Thomas came to work for Vanderbilt Medical School with the job title of assistant janitor, but quickly became a skilled surgical technician and brilliant researcher. In 1940, when Johns…

Sign indicating the parties involved in the hospital construction. Note that the sign is for the "Vanderbilt University Hospital and Childrens Hospital." The Children's Hospital occupied space in this building until the Monroe Carell Children's…

A crane rises above the shell of the new hospital building.