Title

Dr. Harry A. Tomlinson

Creation Date

circa 1895

Description

Dr. Harry A. Tomlinson, c.1895. From Dr. Tomlinson's obituary: Dr. Tomlinson gave up his general practice and spent the winter of 1888 and 1889 in Philadelphia in further preparation for his work. In June 1889, he was engaged as resident physician in the Friends Asylum for the Insane in Frankford, Philadelphia. He remained there until December 1891, when he came to Minnesota at the invitation of the board of trustees of state hospitals, as first assistant physician, and succeeded Dr. C. K. Bartlett as superintendent in January 1893. In July 1895, Dr. Tomlinson received an offer from the new Epileptic Colony in Massachusetts to take charge of their institution as superintendent, but declined, having decided to reside permanently in Minnesota, and being especially desirous of carrying out the line of work which he had inaugurated at St. Peter.

From an album of cabinet cards. Names of individuals identified were written in the album or on the back of the photos.