Against All Odds: Chevalier Jackson, Physician and Painter

Posted by Louis Waddell on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Against All Odds: Chevalier Jackson, Physician and Painter After he had observed his seventieth birth­day, Dr. Chevalier Jackson described downtown Pittsburgh of 1865, his birthplace, as dark, gloomy, and dirty. His recollec­tions of 1888, the year he es­tablished a medical practice in an old tailor shop on Sixth Avenue, were particularly vivid. All winter long we lived as in a dark, cold, damp cellar. The sun was visible, on an average, four days in a...
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Letters to the Editor

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Letters to the Editor Against All Odds I am very much interested in the article entitled “Against All Odds: Chevalier Jackson, Physician and Painter” by Louis M. Waddell in the summer 1992 edition. We live in walking distance of Sunrise Mill, which we have visited many times. We also knew Dr. Jackson and found him to be a very fine gentleman. We are very much surprised that nothing was written about the...
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