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This black and white photograph shows Dr. John R. Brinkley, a physician from Milford, Kansas, standing beside an airplane with two unidentified men. Brinkley became famous for his controversial goat gland transplants and unconventional medical practice. He ran as an independent write-in candidate for governor of Kansas in 1930, 1932 and 1934.
Date: 1931
Item Number: 208429
Call Number: B Brinkley, John *29
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208429
Business and Industry - Health care - Alternative medicine
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph - Brinkley, John Richard
Community Life - Events and Celebrations
Date - 1930s - 1931
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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