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This black and white photograph shows Dr. John R. Brinkley standing next to a "possibly" salt-water fish that he recently caught. In the background, a crowd of people have gathered to take a closer look at the huge fish. Brinkley a physician from Milford, Kansas, became famous for his controversial goat gland transplants and unconventional medical practice.
Creator: Lippe Studio Del Rio, TX
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
Item Number: 211987
Call Number: B Brinkley, John *92
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211987
Business and Industry - Health care - Alternative medicine
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Collections - Photograph - Brinkley, John Richard
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942
Places - Cities and towns - Milford
Places - Counties - Geary
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211987