In the 1940s and early 1950s, polio -- also called "infantile paralysis" -- was epidemic in Dallas and the rest of the United States. The disease paralyzed muscles, somet[...]

In the 1940s and early 1950s, polio—also called "infantile paralysis"—was epidemic in Dallas and the rest of the United States. The disease paralyzed muscles, including t[...]

This photo was digitized from the 1950 Parkland School of Nursing yearbook (titled "The White Cap"), where the caption reads, "Operating Room." The staff are identified a[...]

Patients wait for care in a Parkland Hospital clinic, with hospital staff in a caged area. The signs over the windows of the caged area read, from left to right, "White";[...]

Aerial view of Parkland Hospital on Maple with Southwestern Medical School adjacent.

These two photos of the wood-frame Parkland Hospital on Maple Avenue were published in the Baylor University College of Medicine Annual Announcement for 1903-1904. The up[...]

Parkland Hospital occupied this brick building at 3819 Maple Avenue from 1913 to 1954. The center section, with the impressive main entrance, was opened in 1913. Wings we[...]

This aerial view shows Parkland Hospital before Southwestern Medical College's prefabricated plywood buildings were added behind the hospital along Oak Lawn Avenue. The N[...]

In this photo, Parkland's Staff Residence Building (now called Support Services Building) is visible in the lower left corner, and Southwestern Medical School's Cary and [...]

The Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium opened at 3315 Junius Street in 1909, adjacent to the former Good Samaritan Hospital. The name was changed to Baylor Hospital in 192[...]