Dr. Nathan F. Mossell, M.D.
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Title
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Dr. Nathan F. Mossell, M.D.
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Description
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Dr. Nathan Francis Mossell was the first African American to earn a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1882. He was founder of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital; the first African American member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society; a member of the Niagara Movement; founder of the Philadelphia branch of the NAACP; co-founder of the Philadelphia Academy of Medicine and Allied Sciences; a civil rights activist; and nationally prominent physician and surgeon.
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Contact
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blockson@temple.edu
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Date
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1940s
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Digital Collection
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John W. Mosley Photograph Collection
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John W. Mosley Photographs
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William Still Collection
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Digital Publisher
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Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries
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Directory
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BPA001X3119400000001
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Folder
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Mosley, John W.--Photographs--Physicians
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Format
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image/jp2
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Geographic Subject
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Item URL
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http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=/p15037coll17&CISOPTR=74&action=2&DMSCALE=25.00000&DMWIDTH=1400&DMHEIGHT=1400
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People
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Mossell, Nathan Francis, 1856-1946
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Photographer
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Mosley, John W.
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Repository
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Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
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Rights
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This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or permission to publish, please contact the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection (blockson@temple.edu; 215-204-6632).
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Subject
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African American physicians
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African American men
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African American civil rights workers
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Type
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Photographs
