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

 

 

MS-0008

 

 

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

 

 

 

Image

TIFF

21.13 MB