St. Paul Hospital Cafeteria (1966)

Duration: 0:03:18

Year Published: 1966

Sound: silent

Description: This 1966 footage captures the dietary of St. Paul Hospital. Established in 1896, the hospital was the oldest privately owned hospital in Dallas. The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent Dunne, a Catholic group of sisters specializing in health care administration, opened the hospital at the bequest of Catholic Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne. Two sisters traveled 1,200 miles by covered wagon from Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Texas to start the hospital, which at the time, was located inside a small cottage. In 1963, a new, modernized building opened its doors. The facility was demolished in 2015. This film captures an inspection and new technology in the hospital cafeteria, including a Radarange microwave.