Postcard for the Grand Opening of the Wellington E. Webb Center for Primary Care: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A postcard commemorating the Grand opening of the Wellington E. Webb Center for Primary Care. The front of the card features an illustration of the exterior of the center with foliage in the top right corner of the image. Below the drawing is a block of black text on a red gradient background inviting the recipient to the center's opening. On the reverse the card is split in two sections. The left half has the same red gradient background as the front and is printed with black text detailing the event specifics. The right half is blank and white with the Denver Health logo and address printed in black in the upper left of this section.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2006
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Wellington E. Webb, born 1941
• Subject of: Gov. John Hickenlooper, American, born 1952
• Subject of: Denver Health, founded 1860
• Type: postcards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 4 x 6 in. (10.2 x 15.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Health
• Topic: Medicine
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2014.46.20
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Honorable Wellington E. Webb and Wilma J. Webb
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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