Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Mobile Field Hospital For Great Britain. New York City- The Mobile Field Hospital unit to be presented tomorrow to Great Britain by the American Field Hospital Corps, in elaborate ceremonies. The unit said to be the largest and most complete hospital for civilian relief ever constructed. It consists of 41 separate units and when fully erected, covers an area of two acres. With full supplies its cost is about $100,000. It is composed of 25 specially designed trucks and trailers, 16 water-proof tents, and is equipped to accommodate 100 bed patients and a hospital staff of 50 including doctors, nurses, orderlies and technicians.
Mobile Field Hospital For Great Britain. New York City- The Mobile Field Hospital unit to be presented tomorrow to Great Britain by the American Field Hospital Corps, in elaborate ceremonies. The unit said to be the largest and most complete hospital for civilian relief ever constructed. It consists of 41 separate units and when fully erected, covers an area of two acres. With full supplies its cost is about $100,000. It is composed of 25 specially designed trucks and trailers, 16 water-proof tents, and is equipped to accommodate 100 bed patients and a hospital staff of 50 including doctors, nurses, orderlies and technicians.
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Mobile Field Hospital For Great Britain. New York City- The Mobile Field Hospital unit to be presented tomorrow to Great Britain by the American Field Hospital Corps, in elaborate ceremonies. The unit said to be the largest and most complete hospital for civilian relief ever constructed. It consists of 41 separate units and when fully erected, covers an area of two acres. With full supplies its cost is about $100,000. It is composed of 25 specially designed trucks and trailers, 16 water-proof tents, and is equipped to accommodate 100 bed patients and a hospital staff of 50 including doctors, nurses, orderlies and technicians.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. November 1940]

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