These Harlem totes are not exactly doctor bags, but they'll have to do. At Bellevue Hospital, in downtown Manhattan, they had a tribute to Dr. Urbert Conrad Vincent on "Black History Thursday" on February 14th, 12 Noon, in the Saul Farber Auditorium, 1st ave, near 27th St. Dr. Vincent is the first Afro-American Doctor in New York, in this case, a surgeon, and possibly the United States. Seems pretty late for such an honor. Perhaps this refers to doctors in mainstream "white" institutions.
Dr. Vincent's daughter is still alive and was there to share highlights of her father's career, with Dr. Vincent starting as a surgeon at Bellevue in the 1920s. Dr. Vincent made his home in Harlem on 138th St, Strivers Row and was part of the Harlem Renaissance.
Dr. Vincent set up the Vincent Sanatorium at 2348 7th Ave by 137th St in 1929, but due to bad financial conditions, it had to shut down after a year. For more on Dr. Vincent, see the Journal of the National Medical Association, 1975, Vol67, No.1 PP. 73-80. The T-shirt Queen joins in remembering Dr. Vincent and enjoying the rest of Black History Month.
