St. John's Guild: The Floating Hospital Ship

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The program is about the St. John's Guild Floating Hospital Ship. The program was founded in 1866 to afford relief for the deserving poor, without regard to color creed or nationality, and without charge.

The guests of the program include E. Hoyt Palmer, the Executive Director of St. John's Guild, Ms. Gail Fishbine, an Oral Hygenist, who works on the ship, and Lewis Devende, a 9-year-old boy who goes to the Floating Hospital Ship for medical care.

For more on the floating hospital see: https://www.thefloatinghospital.org/



Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150962
Municipal archives id: T2645

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