| Description | Platinotype print. Photographed by Howard J. Collins, new General Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham. 'Granny', a former housemaid at the old General Hospital, Summer Lane, Birmingham, who supplied newspapers and periodicals to patients at the hospital for many years. A note on the back of the photograph states that the original General Hospital was founded in 1766, opened in 1799, closed in 1897, and was finally demolished in 1901. |