Men from left: Mr W Stubbs, Palmerston North Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Secretary; Dr Putnam; Dr A A Martin; Dr Peach. Nurses unknown. In 1914 DR A.A. Martin was went to England and America by public subscription to investigate the potential of X-ray, a new discovery. However, when war broke out he volunteered and was sent to the Western front, dying of wounds in 1916. The building constructed to house the new x-ray plant in 1918 was dedicated to him as a memorial.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection H 5
- Date
- circa 1910
- Digitisation ID
- 2011P_H5_004945
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
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- Unknown
- Place
- Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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