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"The weeks, the months, and the years have slipped quietly over the threshold into the past, as the little hospital had grown in structure and spirit. But today it is not the attractive brick buildings in their mountain setting that pays tribute to…

Surgical staff operating on a patient. In the top photo, Dr. F. P. Baker, sanatorium superintendent and chief surgeon, performs the operation.  Assisting him across the table is Dr. G. A. Rogers.  Administering the anesthesia is Dr. W. D. Rosborough.…

In 1939, four registered nurses supervised a staff of 34 practical nurses who cared for sanatorium patients.  Pictured left to right: Mary Van Harris, operating supervisor; Evelyn McCullough, supervisor of men's wards; Grace Lee Coshow, chief…

These undated photos are of the superintendent's cottage, a bungalow on the grounds of the sanatorium. The cottage was home to Dr. Baker and his family; his wife, Maud and their two daughters, Mary and Martha. In the first photo, the cottage is shown…

In good condition, the Service Building's grand design and central location make it a multi-purpose gathering place today as it was in the past. Archival photographs are evidence that the dormers and original doors have been removed. A landscape…

East elevation. Constructed in 1928, the Service Building housed the kitchen, dining room, store, cold storage room, and a large auditorium, as well as employee quarters upstairs. This photo also features an important symbol associated with the…

Photos of the east elevation (entrance) and south elevation (side). A plaque in the Service Building’s auditorium identifies the architects as Layton Hicks and Forsyth of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - architects of the State Capitol and other historic…

Photograph taken on February 18, 1972, at the First Service Award Program's employee recognition ceremony. In the background is a landscape mural, artist and date unknown, now covered by paneling. Pictured left to right; Representative Don…

A Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Talihina, Oklahoma, dated December 1924. This map documents the Choctaw-Chickasaw Sanatorium (shown left on map) and the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium (shown right on map), located on the Winding Stair Mountain range…

Letter from Robert Carroll to Stacey Bayles dated September 2009. The letter is presented in two versions; one handwritten, one transcribed of Robert Carroll's recollection of the circumstances leading to his hospitalization and his experiences at…