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Original antique lot of 8 Hamot Hospital medical bills/receipts from Erie, Pennsylvania, dating primarily from 1928–1929.
These are genuine period documents, not reproductions. The bills appear to relate to the same patient/family and include handwritten names, dates, charges, payment information, and hospital services.
The documents provide a fascinating look at American healthcare costs and hospital practices during the late 1920s. Printed categories include room charges, operating room, anesthetic, X-ray, laboratory, ambulance, special medicine, nursing care, delivery room, care of baby, telephone, meals, and other hospital services.
Several bills retain handwritten charges and payment notations. The reverse side also contains detailed Hamot Hospital information, policies, visiting hours, and period pricing.
Dates visible throughout the collection include examples from 1928 and 1929.
Lot includes 8 original documents.
These documents are nearly 100 years old and show expected age-related wear, including folds, creases, toning/yellowing, edge and corner wear, small stains, handwriting and other signs of age and historical use. Please review all photos carefully for exact condition and contents.
An unusual surviving group of late-1920s medical ephemera with particular interest for collectors of Erie Pennsylvania history, Hamot Hospital memorabilia, antique medical documents, genealogy, Americana, and vintage paper ephemera.
All 8 documents are sold together as one lot.
