American Legion Rehabilitation Hospital, c. 1965

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1965	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-022-017-002	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/11502
dc.description	Color postcard showing a photo of the American Legion Hospital. Originally constructed as the Roosevelt Community Center, part of Camp Custer in 1917, the facility was turned over to the American Legion in 1921 and became the "Roosevelt American Legion Hospital," operating first as a tuberculosis hospital and then as a general hospital. Finally in 1963 it began to specialize in long-term rehabilitation and became the Southwestern Michigan Rehabilitation Hospital until it moved in 1972 to downtown Battle Creek. Caption on back: American Legion Rehabilitation Hospital. Located on Evergreen Road in Battle Creek, Michigan. A self-supporting, non[profit institution )sponsored by the American Legion, Department of Michigan.) Michigan's first regional rehabilitation center - serving the ten counties of Southwestern Michigan. Reproduction of an original oil painting by Williene Baker DeVol Presented to the hospital, December 1964	en_US
dc.format.medium	color postcard	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Hospitals - American Legion Hospital	en_US
dc.subject	Hospitals - Southwestern Michigan Rehabilitation Hospital	en_US
dc.subject	DeVol, Williene Baker	en_US
dc.subject	Hospitals, Churches	en_US
dc.title	American Legion Rehabilitation Hospital, c. 1965	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US