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VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL

The new Home, Building 1, housing the hospital, clinical and administrative offices; kitchen; dining hall and power plant; Building 2 (Male Domiciliary Barracks); and Building 5 (the Nurses Quarters), were officially opened, without ceremony, on March 16,1933. Submitted by Alyce Carlson, Quality Systems Program Analyst, Bay Pines VAMC.
PM 1950
Recreation hall is a large beautiful building, surrounded by a natural tropical setting of palms and pines. This building houses the picture show, and also a large canteen. All entertainment of the veterans is handled in this building.
PM 1941
PM 1952
This domiciliary barrack is composed of two large buildings which are completely surrounded by a beautiful palm lined boulevard. The capacity is 750 beds, and also has a large dining room. PM 1942
Situated in a tropical setting, overlooking Boca Ceiga Bay and the Gulf Beaches, the US Veterans' Home and Hospital is considered one of the most ideally located and finest in the country. The main hospital and administration offices shown here are of Mediterranean architecture and are the largest of a group erected on the 500 acre tract, at a cost of $2,000,000.
No trip to the Sunshine City is complete without a visit to the Bay Pines Hospital. The postcard shows the addition to the original building and without question is one of the finest Veterans Hospitals in the United States - PM 1945
PM 1950
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PM 1947
PM 1947
Situated in a tropical setting overlooking Boca Ceiga Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The building shown in the women's domiciliary and accommodates 50 beds, and also continas a large dining room.
This view shows the U.S. Veterans' Administration Home and Hospital in center, Domiciliary and Recreation Building at left, Nurses' Home to right and Doctors' Homes in background with the entrance at extreme right.
The United States Veterans' Home and Hospital occupies a site of 500 acres, at Bay Pines heavily wooded with tropical trees and shrubs. The buildings, constructed at a cost of $1,500,000 are of Mediterranean architecture, the largest being the main hospital and administration offices five stories in height. PM 1935
Post cards provided to inpatients by the Veterans Administration Voluntary Service Medical Center Advisory Board
Post cards provided to inpatients by the Veterans Administration Voluntary Service Medical Center Advisory Board
In the forground is US Veterans Hospital, Bay Pines, in center is Walsh Causeway leading to friendly Gulf Coast Resort of Madeira Beach Florida.
PM 1961
PM 1965