St. Peter Hospital introduces television in rooms in 1963

In 1963, St. Peter Hospital, then located in West Olympia, introduced the opportunity for patients to have televisions in their rooms. Here, Mrs. Herb (Shirley) Legg, a volunteer at the hospital, demonstrates its use to a grateful patient. 

Daily Olympian photo, 1963, State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1986.43.63.3.28.2.1

Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2018