This exquisite post card view of the original Mercer Hospital came to me via my Hamilton High Class of 1951 classmate, Alice Schmidt Mullen. Alice's great grandfather kept a scrapbook of these old postcard in a scrapbook. They are all un-used and in pristine condition. This, and other views sent to me by Alice will be included in an upcoming on screen presentation of local photos and views of the Trenton area from the distant past.

Bob Chianese said...

Tom:
You can find old penny postcards from all the states and cities at :http://www.usgwarchives.org/special/ppcs/ppcs.html.

This one of Mercer Hospital is included, as are many others from each county.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Hi Bob....nice to hear from you again. I am aware of the usgwarchives.org site and have downloaded a number of their post cards. An excellent site. A number of visitors and attendees at my local presentations have suggested them as a wonderful source for Trenton area graphics which they are. I just posted an explanation of how the process works a few minutes ago. I need at least 300 dots per inch in order to enlarge many of the graphics you see on my website. Unfortunately, 72 DPI doesn't cut it. Thanks for the comment, and please return often to my blogs.

Tom Glover

1895: MERCER HOSPITAL

It's difficult to realize that this austere building evolved into the huge Bellevue Avenue hospital of today. I understand Capital Health facility hospital will be leaving town for the more affluent suburbs.

1945: Mercer Hospital Celebrates a Silver Anniversary

I love these old photos that show a current thriving institution in the earliest years. Mercer is now a huge hospital and goes by the name of Capital Health System. When the hospital was built in the 1890's the western section of Trenton was an idyllic paradise of tree lined streets
Like most of the cities in the east, the migration of Trentonians to the suburbs dramatically changed the character of the area. I understand there are plans for moving to the suburba.

Mercer Hospital in the Victorian Era

This is what Mercer Hospital looked like back in the late 1890's when it was founded. Did you know that Mercer hospital is not named for Mercer County? Rather, it is named in honor of General Mercer, who was a doctor.