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Original architectural rendering
of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Hospital groundbreaking
July 2, 1950
Hospital under construction
July 1, 1951
Looking north across Adams Avenue
The Beginning of a Tradition
June 15, 1952
Le Bonheur Club President Elise
Pritchard
releases balloons carrying the keys to the hospital,
signifying that the doors of Le Bonheur
will never be closed to any sick child.
Standing next to her is Memphis
Mayor Watkins Overton.
The newly opened hospital
Early publicity photo
At the bottom of the photo, the
newly completed
Le
Bonheur Children's Hospital
proudly takes its place in the Memphis Medical
Center.
Notice that the hospital was originally surrounded
mainly by private homes.
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