Guard checking a visitor's credentials at the North Gate (Courtesy Dayton Daily News)
Headquarters building, circa 1930
Looking down Kentucky Avenue toward Colonel Harris Building
Painting the exterior of the Patient Library (Courtesy Dayton Daily News)
Cannon Battery, Memorial Hall, and Headquarters
Visitor talking with veteran on benches in front of barrack
Veterans reading on the first floor of the Patient Library in the Reading Room, English and German newspapers kept the veterans updated on world events.
Interior of the Grand Dining hall (Courtesy Dayton Daily News)
Winter view of lakes and gardens (Courtesy Dayton Daily News)
View from porch of Home Hospital
Home Hospital from the north
Home Hospital the day after the fire, 1942 (Courtesy Dayton Daily News)
Commissary building after the fire, 1932
Interior of the tuberculosis unit, this unit was replaced by Thomas hospital in 1922 (Courtesy Dayton Daily News)
Colonel Harris Barrack from Kentucky Avenue
The Soldier's Monument was a popular attraction for photographers. This photograph was taken in the 1930's and shows Mary Burnett Gaza in the center and Ruth Burnett Mallonee on the right.
Veterans enjoying the view from a barrack porch
Barrack and garden
Number 13 barrack and gardens
Construction of center wing, Brown Hospital
Brown Hospital shortly after construction was completed in 1930
Aerial photograph- looking east from Brown Hospital, June 6, 1937
Aerial photograph looking north, Brown Hospital is to the left and the old barrack is to the right
Colonel William J. White, Governor, Central Branch, 1912-1920, namesake of Colonel White High School
The officer in the background is Colonel Fred J. Runkle, Governor, Central Branch 1922-1934. Congressman R. Fitzgerald and two NHDVS staff are taking notes on pension claims, November 23, 1927. (Courtesy Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library)
Medical Staff on Headquarters Steps, circa 1919
Central Branch medical and administrative staff, circa 191
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