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Morningside Tuberculosis Sanatorium Classroom
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Teacher Mrs. Barbara Austin sitting with seven of her students in a classroom at Morningside Sanatorium at 300 Femrite Drive. The young patients averaged about a year's stay while they recovered from tuberculosis.
May 14, 1953
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals
November 9, 1953
Three children at the Morningside Sanatorium listen to a phonograph record being played on a record player purchased with money from the sale of Christmas seals by the Madison Tuberculosis Associat...
Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals
November 9, 1953
Three children look at a picture book at the Morningside Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. Money from the sale of Christmas seals was used to redecorate the childrens' rooms.
Tuberculosis Patients
November 12, 1951
Marguerite Willenberg of 1027 East Johnson Street, a tuberculosis patient at Morningside Sanatorium, is sitting in a wicker rocking chair while knitting.
Students and Teacher in New Classroom
January 9, 1953
Mrs. Carol Massen, kindergarten teacher, working with her kindergarten class in a new classroom space. The classroom was part of an addition that included five classrooms and an auditorium at Sunny...
New Teachers
September 22, 1953
New teacher Geraldine Hirschy plays an autoharp while students Carolyn Handel and David Myers watch.
Sale of Christmas Seals Help Tuberculosis Patients
November 12, 1957
Lorena Coffee of Black River Falls cuddles her 2-year-old daughter, Dawn, who is a tuberculosis patient at Morningside Sanatorium.
