Superintendent Samuel E. Shantz, steward George W. Dryer, druggist Daniel J. Shaw, and two other individuals, all of whom were associated with the St. Peter State Hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota, appear in this photograph.
First annual report of the State Board of Health of Minnesota covering the time period of March 18, 1872 to December 19, 1872. Printed by resolulution of the Legislature.
Studio portrait of Dr. J. G. Whittemore. In addition to medical practice, Whittemore was Pope County Auditor for six years and served two terms in the Minnesota Legislature.
Officers and trustees for the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane. William Schimmel is seated at left and Rev. Aaron H. Kerr is seated at right. Addison L. Sackett is the seventh man from the left in the back row. Schimmel and Sackett were prominent businessmen in St. Peter.
People are pictured walking through the landscaped gardens, flower beds and walkways of the Rochester State Hospital. The hospital, also known as the Second Hospital for the Insane, opened in 1879. Farm fields are visible in the background.
This stereo view shows the St. Peter State Hospital, apparently after a disastrous fire that destroyed the north wing of the hospital in November of 1880.
This early photograph of the St. Peter State Hospital was taken at a time when the hospital complex appeared to be housed in a single large building. A fire in November of 1880 destroyed the north wing of the complex, shown here to the right of the large stairway at the main entrance.
This stereo view shows the St. Peter State Hospital. The north wing was destroyed by a terrible fire in November of 1880. The wing was rebuilt after the fire.
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwestern Hospital Association Treasurer, President, and Physicians. Includes a description and information on application for admission to the training school for nurses. Also includes the first annual report by the Young Ladies' Auxiliary Society, a group who furnish linens, house decorations, and fruits and flowers for the hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association Treasurer, President, and Physicians. Typhoid fever and consumption were the two most prevalent diseases treated by the hospital. Nine students had taken part in the Nurses Training School.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library