The years following the change from Tri-State Sanitarium to Tri-State Hospital in 1929 were filled with challenges and opportunities for Drs. Willis and Knighton along with other Tri-State physicians and surgeons. First came the Great Depression of the 1930 and then the War Years of the 1940s. Many younger doctors served in the military while the older ones were fighting the battle on the home front. Their biographies are the history of their Time and Willis-Knighton Health Systems very earliest years.
Tiles from Tri-State Hospital Floor
Description
Among those items dating from the early days of Tri-State Hospital are hexagonal floor tiles. The small white tiles were used in almost every hospital in the late 19th and 20th centuryh century. As the hospital grew and changed the tiles were overlayed with other floors.In 2013, worker replacing the carpeting in a portion of Wills-Knighton Medical Center building uncovered tiles identical to the ones that came to the museum from an unknown donor
Location in Museum
Willis and Knighton Exhibit caseAge
Circa Mid-20th century
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