Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Working always under supervision of a graduate nurse or physician, volunteer nurses aides help out in emergency cases. Photo shows Dr. Granville N. Moore and Miss Florence Grant, volunteer nurses aide, attending a patient in the emergency operating room of Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C.. [Photo and caption info from the Library of Congress]
A resident recently located and sent this photo out on the TrinidadDC listserv. I thought it might be of interest. You can get more info on the 1943 photo here. The former office of Dr. Moore is now a Belgian restaurant that still bears his name. It is located at 1238 H Street.
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was this photo taken in the location of the actual bar/rest.? they should put it up where it was take....so interesting
That's awesome! Way to track down some of our neighborhood history! I'd be fascinated to learn more about him.
It was taken at the Freedman's Hospital. I'm just reposting something interesting from the listserv.
Ahhhhh! the joys of segregation!!! Brings a tear to my eye.
Freedman's Hospital is what is now known as Howard University Hospital.
Thanks for sharing this. Good stuff!
I just thought I would leave this... It seems as though there are individuals who are very cynical about very serious issues. And somehow work very hard to offend others.
This was posted by the blogger,"Guys, please be polite. Remember that these people are your neighbors. I ask also that anonymous users leave some kind of tag [e.g. big green cat] for the sake of being able to follow a thread. Be respectful and have fun."
Thanks for posting the photo; that's why I sent out-- so others can share! I think it'd be cool of Granville Moore's (the restaurant) to hang it up someplace.
Matt
DR MOORE WAS ALSO A BUFFALO SOLDIER. THAT SHOULD BE NOTED IN HIS BIOGRAPHY.
Awww I Miss Home So Bad. Ol Buffalo Soldier. Rip Dr Moore
Awww Dr Moore I Miss You. happy Birthday !!!
You were the best grandfather ever !!!! I wish you could meet my children. I love you
Hello Jean!
You were his granddaughter?! Wow!
My name is Grace Thomson. I used to be Bruce Thomson and I knew
your grandfather well!
Before I became Ms. Thomson, I masqueraded as a man in those
days and I used to work for McDonnell Douglas and British Telecom
(Both companies owned "Tymnet" over the years. I was working in
the computer networking business. I worked in Northern Virginia
and I lived in Silver Spring, Maryland.
I think I first started seeing him in 1985, or "there abouts"....
My family and I moved to Australia for 3 years (1988-1991)but after
we moved back to the D.C. metro area I saw him again until about
1993 when we moved out west to Colorado.
Except for the years 1988-1991, Dr Moore was my Family Doctor
from 1985 until 1993. The last time I spoke to him it was for some
medical advice around 1996 or so.
I used to visit him in the evenings (he had an evening practice
from 5:00 P.M. till 9:00 as I recall. The wait in his waiting room
was often long. He did not make appointments, but you just came and
waited in his office. He took notes about your visit in a notebook
that like a journal. He had nun-chucks hanging on the wall in his
office as the neighborhood could be dangerous sometimes in those
days.
His office got pretty hot in the summer time, so I bought the
ceiling fan that was in his office from Sears in White Oak Maryland
for 43.95$ on sale, and took it down to his office and helped him
install it in the ceiling. As I recall we had to work from above
to get to the electrical wiring (from the bathroom upstairs) to
get the wiring up to par (this was an old building).
Anyway, Dr Moore would talk for hours about anything that interested
his patients, or he would talk about sports or boxing, or tell old
war stories. I think he fought in Italy and Northern Africa during
world war II. I think that was where he met my father.
I know some of his patients worked in congress including congressmen
and senators. He often saw patients during the day at the VA Hospital
just up N Capitol Street if I recall correctly.
Anyway I was looking him up on the chance that he might still be alive
though I knew he would need to be quite old by now (I am 63). But instead
I was so surprised to find a restaurant!. The entrance to the building
in the pictures looks so familiar! I remember waiting on those steps for
hours or standing there smoking cigarettes while I waited to see Dr Moore.
Wow!
Well, I just thought I would drop You a note about Your Grand-dad and say
hello.
It was great to have this surprise and be able to share these memories!
Thanks for your note Jean!
Regards,
73
-Grace
NNNN
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Hello my name is Howard H..I was a patient of his from 1966 until passing. My children 6 of them was and my 2 wives were also patients of his.He told us all his interesting stories of the Buffalo Soldier, the Post office and how he becameinterested in being a doctor. I retired from the Post office after 30 years.I truly miss him as well My family. He told before he passed there was going to be an autobiography of his life. I been looking but can't find it. Did it hit press?
Wow ! Hello Grace I’m soooo late 😔 thanks so much for this !! Yes he always pulled out those nunchucks wow memories
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