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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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Children Patients at the Morningside Tuberculosis Sanitorium
August 8, 1950
Three children patients at the Morningside Tuberculosis Sanitorium, 300 Femrite Drive, are pictured with their teacher, Murva James (center), and Dr. W.D. Frost, executive director of the facility ...
Linda Lee Elverman, Tuberculosis Survivor
December 9, 1958
Linda Lee Elverman, 19 month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Elverman, sits in a crib at Morningside Sanatorium where she is recovering from tuberculosis.
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 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 Patient
November 15, 1949
Doris Trameri of 568 Park Lane, previously diagnosed with tuberculosis, brushed up on her typing and attended other classes in shorthand and bookkeeping which Lake View sanatorium features as part ...
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.
