Photograph
J.B. Whiting
![Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a suit and tie, with three medals pinned to his chest. This is Dr. Joseph Bellamy Whiting, who was a physician in Janesville. He was the commissioned surgeon to the 33rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. In 1875 he was unanimously appointed president of the Wisconsin State Medical Association. He was also on the Board of Trustees for the State School for the Blind. In 1889 President Cleveland appointed Dr. Whiting to a commission addressing the Chippewa [Ojibwe] Indians. Dr. Whiting died on March 27, 1905.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700099991258/9999018333-l.jpg "J.B. Whiting")
| Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a suit and tie, with three medals pinned to his chest. This is Dr. Joseph Bellamy Whiting, who was a physician in Janesville. He was the commissioned surgeon to the 33rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. In 1875 he was unanimously appointed president of the Wisconsin State Medical Association. He was also on the Board of Trustees for the State School for the Blind. In 1889 President Cleveland appointed Dr. Whiting to a commission addressing the Chippewa [Ojibwe] Indians. Dr. Whiting died on March 27, 1905. |
| Image ID: | 137601 |
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| Creation Date: | 08 1896 |
| Creator Name: | White, Geo. W. |
| City: | Janesville |
| County: | Rock |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | CF 32-A |
| Original Dimensions: | 4.25 x 6.5 inches |
| For information regarding Dr. Whiting's life, see "A Noble Life is Closed Today" in the Janesville Daily Gazette, 27 March 1905. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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