Advertisement for Benjamin Bluitt's Sanitarium

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Date

Milestone date 1907

Creation date: 1907

Description

Dr. Benjamin Bluitt was the first African-American surgeon in Texas and one of the first African-Americans to practice medicine in Dallas. In 1907, he advertised his sanitarium--which had opened in 1905-- in the Dallas City Directory. (Doctor-owned hospitals were common in Dallas in the late 1800s and early 1900s.) It was the first Dallas hospital facility for African-Americans. The building is now a City of Dallas Landmark and is located at 2036 Commerce Street (formerly 504 Commerce Street).

Creator

Unknown

Subject

Advertising as Topic; African Americans--history; Hospitals--history; Physicians--history; Ownership

Publisher

From the collections of the Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division Dallas Public Library.

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