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An illustration of a ward in a hospital for Africans, Accra, Gold Coast (today Ghana), 1924

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.
  • Scene of an African hospital ward, there is a White female nurse, five African female nurses.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    Tuck's Post Card
    [Stamp area] [Trademark] R T & S Trade Mark
    By Appointment
    For Address Only
    African Hospital, Gold Coast. This hospital was opened at Accra in 1923. There is accommodation for over 200 patients and the building and its equipment is so completely up to date that it can claim one of the premier places among such establishments in our Tropical possessions.
    Printed in England Copyright, Gold Coast Government. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. London Series II

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