[Letterhead used by Billings]

[Letterhead used by Billings]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
Produced: [between 1970 and 1979?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Correspondence as Topic
Libraries, Medical
Genre(s):
Photographs
Abstract:
Letterhead used by John Shaw Billings in the 1870s showing his intention of developing the collection into a national library. This preceded by eighty years the official designation of the collection as the National Library of Medicine. Appears in A history of the National Library of Medicine by Dr. Wyndham D. Miles, p. 35.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photograph : 26 x 21 cm
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101656647 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A033603
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101656647