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Building One was a three-story red brick building with several small, one-story buildings in the rear for animals and storage. Finished in 1928 by state of Montana, the building was bought by the federal government in 1931 for the U.S. Public Health Service’s Rocky Mountain LaboratoriesLaboratory (the name was made plural in 1982).

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Image: Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum, 1527

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When Building One opened, the ceremony was attended by dignitaries from state health offices in the West and by U.S. Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming. They posed for several photographs with Rocky Mountain Laboratories Laboratory staff on the steps of the new building. The laboratory name was made plural in 1982. 

Three lines of men and a few women stand on the stairs on the brick porch leading into Building One.

First row: Dr. Robert A. Cooley, Dr. Cornelius B. Philip, unknown, Dr. Lewis Thompson, Dr. Ralph Parker, Surgeon General Hugh Cumming, and unknown.

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Image: Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum, 1532-1


Three lines of men and a few women stand on the stairs on the brick porch leading into Building One.

The Rocky Mountain Laboratories Laboratory staff posed on the steps of their new laboratory building in May 1928. Seated in the second row on the far left is Dr. Ralph Parker. Tentatively identified are LeRoy Jones (2nd row, 2nd from right); James Kerlee (1st row, far right); Harley G. Sargent (2nd row, third from right); and Harry L. Sargent (2nd row, far right). The laboratory name was made plural in 1982.

If you can identify any of these people, please let us know.

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