Booth Hospital

Booth

The proposed Booth Hospital
from the Kentucky Post, August 10, 1915

Booth was dedicated on October 24, 1926.

 

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Booth Memorial Hospital
The Salvation Army's Home
and Domestic Training School

Two names; same place.

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Booth Hospital was named after William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.
Read more about him at this site.

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WPA photo of Booth, c. 1937
1960
Booth, c.1950


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c. 1940
c. 1940
1966
1939

from the 1966 card: “The William Booth Memorial Hospital,
Covington, Kentucky,
Operated by the Salvation Army.
Opened in 1914 in the Shinkle Mansion. First Building program in 1926; additions in 1950 and 1958. Present bed capacity 150 and 17 bassinets.”

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Mrs. M. W. Perkins' recipe for pralines from the Booth Hospital Cookbook (c. WWII) is here.

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