Early 20th Century Veterinarian's Buggy

 This buggy was used by Dr. Pete Phillipson, a veterinarian who practiced his skills in the village of Holbrook, Nebraska, in Furnas County, about 115 miles west-southwest of Grand Island. Unfortunately, unlike the other buggies in this exhibit, this buggy does no have a metal nameplate which would help us identify its maker. If you venture over to Railroad Town here at Stuhr Museum, you will find a recreated veterinary clinic in which much of Dr. Phillipson's equipment and many other items are placed. You can walk around inside the clinic and get a good impression of what life was like for a veterinarian on the North American prairie in the first half of the 20th century.