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May 23, 1951 TCH Groundbreaking Ceremonies.
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◄ 1954 When Texas Children's Hospital opened, the original building had
three stories and 106 beds.
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1954 Three-year-old Lamaina Leigh Van Wagner was Texas Children's
first patient when the hospital opened.
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◄ 1958
Comedian Bob Hope steps behind the snack bar at Texas Children's
and serves a milkshake to Leopold L. Meyer, Texas Children's board
chairman and hospital co-founder.
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1965 Twins Karen and Kimberly Webber, born joined at the chest,
were separated by Texas Children's surgeons.
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◄ 1967 Expansion of Texas Children's Hospital to seven
floors.
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◄ 1968 Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
bring "happy trails" to patients.
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◄ 1968
Hospital co-founders Mr. & Mrs. J.S. Abercrombie and Leopold
L. Meyer (from left) enjoy the Pin
Oak Charity Horse Show, an annual event that benefited Texas
Children's.
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1970's TCH surgery room 1 Pod 4 used by Dr. Jim Harberg.
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◄ 1971 Texas Children's surgeons Dr. Benjy F. Brooks (left) and Dr. Luke
Able separate the conjoined Mendoza twins. Dr. Brooks is the
nation's first female pediatric surgeon.
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1977
David "The Bubble Boy," is held by his mother, Carol Ann, prior to
his first walk in a spacesuit designed for him by NASA..
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◄ 1979 Drs. William Shearer and Buford Nichols visit David "the Bubble
Boy" (from left).
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David "The Bubble Boy"
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