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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
United States Naval Hospital, Corona, California
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PC-002-198
United States Naval Hospital, Corona, California
Photographic paper: EKC
On this Real Photo Post Card is the hospital that was formerly the Norconian Resort (1929) in Norco, a city named by the resort owner for "North Corona." Closed in 1940, it was bought by the Navy in 1941 and commissioned the day after Pearl Harbor. The hospital was used until 1949, closed, reopened in 1951 to accommodate soldiers wounded in the Korean War. The site eventually became the Naval Surface Warfare Center. The location was incorrectly identified as Corona. Under the title is the publisher's number: 0836. EKC photographic papers were manufactured from 1930-1950.
Norco; United States Naval Hospital (Norco); Norconian Resort; Resorts; Hospitals; Naval hospitals; RPPC; Real Photo Post Cards
1999 Fourth Street
California - Norco - Naval Surface Warfare Center
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
No
- San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
Image
TIFF
21.13 MB
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