Hospital building, Hospital for Tuberculous, Kearney
Description
People stand outside of a multi-story building in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate. Sidewalks lead up to the building, and grass and trees front the building with long sleeping porches stretching on either side of the entrance.
Excerpted from: "Second Biennial Report of the Superintendent of the Hospital for Tuberculous, Kearney, Nebraska" in First Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1914 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 366-367
Historical Notes
A second hospital building was built 1914-1915 so that patients at different stages of tuberculosis could be separated. This building, the first hospital, would become known as the Pavilion. Between January 22, 1912, and November 30, 1914, 246 patients were treated. Further statistics and information can be found in the report.
