A 5"x7" acetate negative, bust portrait photograph of S. H. Jelinek, dentist in Brainard, Nebraska. He is wearing a three-piece suit, white shirt, knotted tie and wire-rimmed glasses.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00V02020000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" Acetate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Stephen was born in Wilber, Nebraska and attended Creighton University Dental School, graduating in 1909. He opened a dental practice in Brainard, Nebraska, in 1911 and worked there for 56 years. He was a pioneer of early radio and built the second radio in Nebraska. His interest in radio led him to make his own x-ray machine, which he used until the mid 1940s. He was active in many civic organizations and served several terms as mayor in the late 1920s. He died in 1975.
