East hospital, Nebraska Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Burkett
Description
This 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate depicts a single story building with porches on the front and side. A cement sidewalk separates the dirt road from the lawns and trees.
Contributors
Nebraska. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Excerpted from: "Fifteenth Biennial Report of the Commandant of the Nebraska Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Burkett, Nebraska" In Second 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, 1916 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 194-195.
Historical Notes
Of the 863 people served at the Home during this biennium, 109 died, 76 were discharged, and 215 were on "furlough" as of November 15, 1916, leaving 463 in residence.
