Adair building at the Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1925
A photograph of the Adair building at the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. The hospital was established by the State of Kansas in 1866 and had beds for 12 patients when it opened. By the end of the next year it housed 22 with applications for 50 more.

Administration building at the Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas
Date: Between 1917 and 1940
A photograph showing the administration building at the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. The hospital was established by the State of Kansas in 1866 and had beds for 12 patients when it opened. By the end of the next year it housed 22 with applications for 50 more.

A dream that has come true
Date: Between 1920 and 1939
"A Dream That Has Come True", Brinkley Hospitals from Dr. Brinkley's Doctor Book.

Advertising for Security Benefit Association in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1920
This is an advertising card for joining the Security Benefit Association, an early social security system. There was a model hospital for the members who paid a nickel a month for hospital care. That fee also covered an orphanage for their children if the member died and an old folks home all centered around a model farm in Topeka, Kansas.

Advertising for Security Benefit Association in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1920
This is an advertising card for joining the Security Benefit Association, an early social security system. There was a model hospital for the members who paid a nickel a month for hospital care. That fee also covered an orphanage for their children if the member died and an old folks home all centered around a model farm in Topeka, Kansas.

Aerial view of the Kansas Neurological Institute, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1961
An aerial view of the Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka, Kansas.

Aerial views of Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Kansas. Dept. of Economic Development
Date: Between 1960 and 1966
Here are two aerial photographs showing Winter General Hospital located at 2200 SW Gage Boulevard in Topeka, Kansas. The hospital was later renamed Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center.

Aerial views of Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1960 and 1966
This is an aerial view of Winter General Hospital located 2200 SW Gage Boulevard in Topeka, Kansas. The hospital was later renamed Colmery O'Neill VA Hospital.

Aerial views of the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas
Date: 1961
Two aerial photographs of the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. The hospital was established by the State of Kansas in 1866 and had beds for 12 patients when it opened. By the end of the next year it housed 22 with applications for 50 more.

After twenty-one years: the success story of Dr. John R. Brinkley
Creator: Brinkley Hospitals
Date: 1930s
This booklet was published by the Brinkley Hospitals of Little Rock, Arkansas. Brinkley moved his hospital operations to Little Rock from Milford, Kansas, after his Kansas medical license was revoked. He changed the name of his radio station to XERA and it was located in Villa Acuna, Mexico, just across the border from Del Rio, Texas, where the Brinkley's had a home. The pamphlet is a revised version of an earlier Brinkley hospital publication titled Your Health (Kansas Memory item 210693). It includes illustrations to accompany the medical information.

Agnes Hertzler Memorial Hospital, Halstead
Date: August 1927
Photo of the Agnes Hertzler Memorial Hospital in Halstead with staff members standing outside the building, 1927.

Art Work on Eastern Kansas
Creator: Western Photogravure Company
Date: 1900
This pictorial book gives a brief overview of eastern Kansas. This is part nine of twelve. Views of Manhattan from Mount Prospect, the Jane C. Stormont Hospital and Christ's Hospital in Topeka, and Fort Scott National Cemetery are some of the featured photographs.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, Temple, Texas
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
These photographs show the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital in Temple, Texas. The facility opened in 1891 to provide medical treatment to Santa Fe employees. The hospital closed in December 2013.

A view of the Knapp building at the Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas
Creator: Wentworth, L. F.
Date: 1894
A photograph of the Knapp building at the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. The hospital was established by the State of Kansas in 1866 and had beds for 12 patients when it opened. By the end of the next year it housed 22 with applications for 50 more.

Bernard Hall, M.D.
Date: 1950
A photograph of Dr. Bernard Hall lecturing the Menninger School of Psychiatry residents in the x-ray conference room at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas
Creator: Bernstein, Max
Date: Between 1914 and 1916
A postcard showing the Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas.

Certificate presented to Judge Richard Dean Rogers
Creator: Shriners Hospitals For Children
Date: November 13, 2010
A certificate presented to Judge Richard Rogers for his contributions to the Shriners Hospitals For Children.

Christ Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1908 and 1916
This postcard packet from the early 1900s includes nine photographs of Christ Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Most are photos of the hospital's buildings and grounds, but also included is a group picture of nurses enrolled in the training school. Christ Hospital was founded by Thomas H. Vail and his wife in the 1880s; Vail was the first Episcopal bishop in Kansas. The hospital grounds were located west of Washburn Avenue between 8th and 10th streets. In 1949, Christ Hospital merged with the Jane C. Stormont Hospital and Training School for Nurses, and became known as Stormont-Vail.

Dedication of the Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Date: January 11, 1946
Here are three photographs showing the dedication ceremony of the Winter General Hospital located at 2200 SW Gage Boulevard in Topeka, Kansas.

Dishes from the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association Dump, 14SH379
Date: 1919-1950
These dish fragments were recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. Shown are a dinner plate decorated with green bands and a dinner plate decorated with green decals and the Security Benefit Association logo. This latter piece has the Warwick maker's mark, a china manufacturer from Wheeling, Virginia from 1887 to 1951. Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association, begun in 1916, eventually included a hospital, a cooperative farm, a school, a hotel, and provided homes for orphans and the elderly.

Dishes from the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association Dump, 14SH379
Date: 1919-1950
These two dish fragments were recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. Shown are a saucer with a floral transferware pattern and a relish dish made of yellow/canary depression glass. This dish has a molded floral and scrollwork pattern on the base. Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association, begun in 1916, eventually included a hospital, a cooperative farm, a school, a hotel, and provided homes for orphans and the elderly.

Dr. Brinkley's doctor book
Creator: Brinkley Hospitals
Date: 1936
This booklet was published by the Brinkley Hospitals of Little Rock, Arkansas. Brinkley moved his hospital operations to Little Rock from Milford, Kansas, after his Kansas medical license was revoked. The cover of the booklet indicated that the Brinkley Hospitals are "for the treatment of enlarged and infected prostate glands, rectal and colonic diseases, varicose veins, hernia, or rupture." He changed the name of his radio station to XERA and it was located in Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, just across the border from Del Rio, Texas, where the Brinkley's had a home. This volume claims that XERA is the most powerful radio station in the world. The pamphlet is a revised version of an earlier Brinkley hospital publication titled Your Health (Kansas Memory item 210693). It includes illustrations to accompany the medical information. There are some editing marks so this copy may have been used to plan a revision. It is an expansion of the information contained in "After Twenty One Years" (Kansas Memory item 213226).

Dr. John R. Brinkley and surgical team
Date: Between 1920 and 1939
Dr. John R. Brinkley performing surgery.

Dr. John R. Brinkley performing surgery
Date: 1920
Dr. John R. Brinkley, a physician from Milford, Kansas, famous for his goat gland transplants.

Dr. Thompson's home in Dodge City, Kansas
Date: 1903
Here are two photographs showing Dr. Thompson's home at 1401 Central Avenue in Dodge City. One of the photographs shows the Thompson-Pine Hospital in the background.