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.

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 Brinkley moved his hospital operations to Little Rock from Milford, Kansas, after his Kansas medical license was revoked.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.

Ambulance, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Harrison, Paul
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows an ambulance belonging to the Penwell Funeral Home at 511 Quincy Street in Topeka, Kansas. In the background, a nurse can be seen standing.

Art Work on Eastern Kansas
Creator: Western Photogravure Company
Date: 1900
This pictorial book gives a brief overview of eastern Kansas. This is part six of twelve. The Blue River in Manhattan, the Montgomery County courthouse in Independence, and a street scene in Fort Scott are some of the featured photographs.

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's Coast Line Hospital, Los Angeles, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Coast Lines Hospital, later renamed the Linda Vista Hospital, in Los Angeles, California. The hospital opened in 1905, to provide medical treatment to Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company employees and residents of Los Angeles, California. For a number of years the hospital provided medical assistance until it closed its doors in 1990. In 2006, the Mission/Spanish Revival building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The facility opened in 1921 to provide medical treatment to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employees. In 1982, the building was converted into a mental health institution and renamed Memorial Hospital. The institution provided psychiatric services until it closed its doors in 2007. The Italianate style building was later placed, in 2007, on the National Register of Historical Places. In 2010, the historic property was refurbished into a boutique hotel called Hotel Parq Central.

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

Brinkley Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas
Creator: Lippe Studio Del Rio, TX
Date: Between 1939 and 1949
View of the Brinkley Hospital at 20th and Schiller Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas. The hospital was managed by Dr. John R. Brinkley, who was famous for advocating the use of goat gland transplants.

Brinkley Hospital in Rosalia, Kansas
Creator: Lake, Ralph E.
Date: Between 1933 and 1934
A photograph showing Dr. John R. Brinkley's hospital located above Ralph E. Lake's drug store and a grocery store in Rosalia, Kansas. The hospital was located across the street from Dr. Owensby who started a hospital in an empty hotel. Brinkley was in direct competition with Owensby, so he installed speakers on the outside of his building, directed them at Owensby's hospital, and broadcast his daily programs. Also, Brinkley posted signs on the building advertising his prices and services.

Brinkley radio station and hospital, Milford, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This photograph shows Dr. John R. Brinkley's radio station, KFKB, and hospital in Milford, Kansas.

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.

Commemorative spoon
Date: between 1890 and 1920
Sterling commemorative spoon. Scene of the "City Hospital. Independence, Kan." engraved in bowl.

Council Grove Hospital in Council Grove, Kansas
Date: 1917
Here is a photograph and postcard showing the Council Grove Hospital in Council Grove, Kansas.

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.

E.T. Bell's Memorial Hospital, Rosedale, Kansas
Creator: Elite Post Card Company
Date: 1908
Postcard of E.T. Bell's Memorial Hospital, Rosedale, Kansas. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Early mental care treatment at Menninger in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
Date: 1925
These three black and white photographs show various hydra therapy methods. Wet sheet packs and shower and spray treatments were used instead of drugs or mere custodial care. These photographs were used in some publicity about the early Menninger Clinic. Dr. C.F. Menninger and his sons, Dr. Karl and Dr. Will, formed a group psychiatry practice in 1919. The Menninger Clinic as a sanitarium was established in 1925 with the purchase of a farm house and admittance of 12 patients. The major contribution of Menninger may be that at a time when custodial care or the asylum were the only alternatives for the mentally ill, the Menningers brought a positive commitment to psychiatry. They did not believe that the fate of mentally ill people was to be warehoused; they believed mental illness could be treated.

Early outdoor scenes from the Security Benefit Association home and hospital farm in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1920
These twelve photographs show the hospital built by the Security Benefit Association for its members who paid a nickel a month for hospital care, an orphanage for their children if the member died, and an old folks home all centered around a model farm in Topeka, Kansas.

Freshman nurse's cap
Creator: Kay's Caps Inc.
Date: between 1955 and 1959
This nurse's cap of heavily starched linen belonged to Helen Marie Turner. Mrs. Turner graduated from the Newman School of Nursing, a partnership program between Newman Hospital and Emporia College, in 1959. She purchased this cap as a freshman student. During her 45-year career, Mrs. Turner worked at a number of institutions, including Newman Hospital in Emporia, Jefferson County Memorial in Fairbury, Nebraska, Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a cancer center in California.

Glee S. Smith, Jr.
Creator: Cliff's Studio
Date: 1951
This photograph shows Glee S. Smith, Jr., second from left, at a hospital drive, possibly in Larned, Kansas.

Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas
Date: Between 1940s and 1960s
This set of photographs show the construction of a nursing home and to the right the Grisell Memorial Hospital in Ransom, Kansas.