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Title	Hoover Sanitarium of Terre Haute, Indiana
Description	Full page advertisement in the African American newspaper, Terre Haute Bulletin, for the Hoover Sanitarium as being one of the two Negro hospitals in Indiana to be accredited by the American Medical Association. J. J. Hoover, MD (1881-1953) graduated from Meharry Medical School in Nashville, Tennessee, and began practicing medicine in Terre Haute in 1923. He opened and operated Hoover Sanitarium, the first hospital for African Americans in Terre Haute until his death. The hospital continued under the direction of his son until 1959.
Repository	From the private collection of Mark Shepard, Houston, Texas (P.W. Stuart Family collection, Terre Haute).
Date Digital	2010-03-14
Date Original	4/28/1934
Coverage	United States Indiana -- Vigo County Terre Haute --1934
Subject	Sanatoriums -- Indiana Hospitals -- Indiana
WV3 Subject	Business & Industry Social Welfare
Provenance	Shepard, Mark
Type	still image
Material type	Advertisements
Copyright	Digital image copyright 2010 Mark Shepard, Houston, Texas
Technical metadata	image/jpg; 180 dpi; Canon PowerShot S3 IS; Microsoft Office Picture Manager (12.04518.1014)
Note	This image was scanned from page 5 of the April 28, 1934 edition of the Terre Haute Bulletin, a local African American newspaper. The biographical sketch was adapted from that printed in John Lyda, Morton Lewis, et als 1963 booklet, The Negro in Terre Haute: Terre Haute Emancipation Centennial Souvenir Booklet A Century of Progress.
Image Name	HooverSanatorium

Hoover Sanitarium of Terre Haute, Indiana

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