GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline): Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center for Women, prints

Creator:

Finkle, Harvey (creator, photographer)

Date:

1998

Description:

Black-and-white photographic prints depicting activities related to Elizabeth Blackwell Heath Center for Women, currently managed by Planned Parenthood. Prints feature portraits and candid photographs of interaction between patients and staff, conversing and receiving treatment. According to their website, Planned Parenthood "is one of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care, and the nation’s largest provider of sex education" for individuals with and without insurance. According to their website, GSK is "a fully focused biopharma company. We prioritize innovation in vaccines and specialty medicines, maximizing the increasing opportunities to prevent and treat disease. At the heart of this is our R&D focus on the science of the immune system and advanced technologies, and our world-leading capabilities in vaccines and medicines development. We focus on four therapeutic areas: infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/immunology, and oncology." Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer who has documented the social, economic, cultural, and political issues in the city of Philadelphia and across the globe. Finkle's work largely focuses on historically marginalized communities, including low income and homeless families, homeless veterans, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people, providing documentation of activism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and focuses on social injustices in the city, the country, and the world.

Provenance:

Gifts of Harvey Finkle, 2020 and 2021.

Subject:

Community health services; GlaxoSmithKline; Medical care; Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Women's health services

Form/Genre:

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Geographic Subject:

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Related Place:

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Rights:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en

Rights Note:

The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Notes:

All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 1531, Box 7, Folder 17

Collection:

Harvey Finkle photographs