On this edition of Learning from Miami, we continue our tour of South Florida hospitals and visit the Variety Children's Hospital. On October 10, 1927, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 11 men involved in the entertainment industry created a social group they named the “Variety Club.” On Christmas Eve in 1928, an abandoned baby girl was found in the Sheridan Square Theater where the Variety Club was meeting Read More...

    St. Francis Hospital on the shore of Allison Island, Miami Beach, Florida Date: 1930–1945.  From Digital Commonwealth – Massachusetts Collections Online. The next stop in our continuing series on South Florida hospitals is St. Francis Hospital in Miami Beach. Originally named Allison Hospital, St Read More...