1932, Surgery Unit

"The $12,000,000 acute unit of the new Los Angeles County Hospital was opened on May 29, 1932, to public inspection. The photo shows the ultra-modern principal operating chamber with huge windows and a light at right and large sterilizers at left."

1930, Construction Aerial

"Aerial view of East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights neighborhoods revealing the construction site of the future Art Deco Los Angeles County General Hospital (center). L.A. County Hospital and USC Medical School were first affiliated in 1885, so the hospital is commonly known as Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, as well as County USC. It has become one of the largest and busiest public hospitals and medical training centers in the western United States; offering 745 inpatient beds, treating over 28% of the region's trauma victims, recording nearly 39,000 inpatient discharges, 150,000 emergency department visits, and approximately 1 million ambulatory care visits per year."

1932, New Hospital Aerial

"Aerial view of East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights neighborhoods revealing the Art Deco Los Angeles County General Hospital (center), surrounded by a multitude of residential dwellings. Photo dated: June 15, 1932."

1933, Aerial

"A postcard aerial view of the art deco style Los Angeles County General Hospital and grounds. Various residential neighborhoods surround the hospital on all sides."

1933, Opening Ceremony

"Ceremony commemorating the opening of Los Angeles County Hospital."

1933, New Mother

"A nurse introduces an infant to its mother, shown in bed, and father at Los Angeles County General Hospital."

1933, Secured Entrance

"Six men, possibly physicians or hospital administrators, secure the iron main entrance gates outside of the newly opened art deco style Los Angeles County General Hospital located in Boyle Heights."

1934, New Aluminum Bassinets

"'Who's afraid of the big bad sand man,' coo these new arrivals at Los Angeles County Hospital on February 26, 1934. You see, they're among the first babies in the world to sleep in aluminum bassinets, which entitles them to be just a wee bit cocky, we should say. Heretofore bassinets have weighed in the neighborhood of 15 pounds. These light alloy baby baskets weigh only 7-3/4 pounds each, complete with name plates and safety pin holders, which is a real advantage, according to the nurses who carry them around all day. The aluminum bassinets are safer, possessing no sharp corners for baby to bump his head on, and no open sections for him to shove his tiny fists and feet through. Smooth sides and rounded edges make them easy to keep clean and sanitary. The bassinet cart also is designed along efficiency lines, being constructed chiefly of aluminum tubing."

1934, Nurses With Meals

"A group of nurses is pictured with one of 84 food carts which convey meals hot from the kitchen to the wards, some of them half a mile away, at Los Angeles County General Hospital. This wheeled cart, with vacuum-insulated jars,is typical of the hospital's modern equipment. Meals are prepared by 306 cooks and helpers. Photo date: March 12, 1934."

1933, Opening Group Photo

"A nurse and a group of men, possibly physicians or hospital administrators, stand together outside of the newly opened art deco style Los Angeles County General Hospital located in Boyle Heights."

1934, Children Reading

"The tedium of waiting for little bodies to mend in the children's wards of the new Los Angeles County General Hospital is alleviated by books and toys and games and lessons. Regular instruction in school work goes on in the hospital, according to what each child can do. Teachers bring books and pencils and other materials for instruction to the children's bedside by means of carts like that in the foreground. The March 13, 1934, photo shows teachers Alice Jones, at right, and Leah Robbins with a class of girls in the sunshine of a rooftop."

1934, Surgery Room

"Surgeons perform a cancer operation in the new amphitheater room at Los Angeles County General Hospital on March 15, 1934."

1934, Transporting Supplies

"A tram vehicle transports items behind the scenes at Los Angeles County General Hospital on June 7, 1934."

1936, Exterior View

"Exterior view of Los Angeles County General Hospital located in Boyle Heights. L.A. County Hospital and USC Medical School were first affiliated in 1885, and so the hospital is also known as Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, as well as County USC. It is one of the largest and busiest public hospitals and medical training centers in the western United States; offering 745 inpatient beds, treating over 28% of the region's trauma victims, recording nearly 39,000 inpatient discharges, 150,000 emergency department visits, and approximately 1 million ambulatory care visits per year. Little known fact: Marilyn Monroe was born in the charity ward of this hospital on June 1, 1926. Shown is the Acute Unit with numerous houses in the foreground."

1937, Exterior View

"Exterior view of Los Angeles County Hospital Acute Unit, with multi-family housing and a storage yard for pipes and lumber in the foreground."

1939, View From Neighborhood

"Exterior view of Los Angeles County Hospital Acute Unit in April 1939. Houses are in the foreground."

1940, Nurses

"A group of nurses pose in their white uniforms outside Los Angeles County General Hospital. A palm tree is in the background. Ruth Davis is at far right. Photo dated: 1940."

1949, Religious Murals

"Three murals based on the life of Christ will be unveiled on March 12, 1949, by General Hospital, as a background for the hospital's religious services. They are gifts of the artist, Einar C. Peterson, who is shown, at left, with Methodist Chaplain Samuel Hughes beside one of the murals titled, 'He Blessed Them'"

1949, Psychiatric Ward Hallway

"View of beds in a crowded hall of the psychiatric ward of Los Angeles County General Hospital on April 27, 1949."

1951, Watching Color TV Surgery

Photograph caption dated December 4, 1951 reads, "Medical history is being made in this photo of some of 700 doctors watching a color television screening (arrow) of an actual operation. The surgery was performed at County General hospital. The doctors were seated in the convention hall at Shrine Auditorium, seven miles away. Most of them are taking notes as they watch the screen and listen to the surgeon describe what he is doing while he operates. Doctors here are American Medical Association conference."

1954, "Air Conditioner"

"Primitive air conditioning is used in the old buildings of Los Angeles County General Hospital. Here, on October 28, 1954, a fan blows over a pan of ice cubes. This scene is in a children's ward."

1951, Color TV Surgery

Photograph caption dated December 4, 1951 reads, "This picture was taken while an actual operation at General Hospital was being televised and viewed in color by 700 doctors at Shrine Auditorium seven miles away. White arrow points to TV camera. Black arrow points to surgery for removal of thyroid gland. The surgeon (front) has a small microphone under his mask and is describing the operation as he works. It is the first such demonstration ever conducted in color in Los Angeles."

1955, Aerial

"Aerial view of East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights neighborhoods looking north, revealing the Art Deco Los Angeles County General Hospital (center) surrounded by a multitude of residential dwellings. The Southern Pacific railroad tracks and the 10 Freeway are visible along the bottom of the photograph; Soto St. crosses at bottom right corner. Photograph dated July 15, 1955."

1955, Syringes

"Miss Gladyce Toscano, who is responsible for the daily allotment of 6000 hypodermic needles and syringes in Los Angeles County General Hospital, is shown with a machine used in the process of cleaning the instruments. Thus, the hospital will be ready to use the Salk vaccine against polio."