You're Invited To Facades & Fashions In Medical Architecture Talk By Bert Hansen Presented By Roosevelt Island Historical Society Lecture Series Thursday January 16 At RI NYPL Branch

According to the Roosevelt Island Historical Society (RIHS):

Roosevelt Island Historical Society Lecture Series at the
NY Public Library
524 Main Street
Thursday, January 16, 2020 6:30 p.m.
Presents
Bert Hansen’s “Facades and Fashions in Medical Architecture”

Bert Hansen’s “Facades and Fashions in Medical Architecture” takes a look at buildings that provided medical care in New York City. While much medical history has been lost, New Yorkers are fortunate that our streets still provide visual remnants of the past. This slide talk places such sites into the major medical development of the last 200 years. Hansen taught history at Baruch College of CUNY, and he has published Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio: A History of Mass Media Images and Popular Attitudes in America, as well as articles about medicine in art and society, including the medical history seen in political cartoons, New Deal murals, Hollywood films, and children’s comic books.

All programs are free and open to the public. These programs are funded by: Amalgamated Bank, RIOC Public Purpose Funds, NYC Council Member Ben Kallos through the Department of Youth and Community Development.