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1939: Providence Hospital opens in Anchorage

The Sisters of Providence establish a large Providence Hospital in Anchorage. The hospital serves both Alaska Natives and whites.

Theme
Medicine Ways
Region
Subarctic

Providence Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska, 1940s

Courtesy Sidney H. Hamilton, Sidney Hamilton Photograph Collection; Anchorage Museum, gift of Emily Turner