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Complete edition of Mountain Air dated April 1928-Volume 4, Number 6.   Sanatorium publications, such as Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium's monthly magazine titled Mountain Air, included prescriptive articles by doctors, creative writing by…

These undated photos are of the sanatorium's dairy barn and Holstein dairy herd. An excerpt from the sanatorium's publication, Mountain Air dated December 1930, reads as follows: With the increase in patient capacity naturally comes an increase in…

Originally written by Minnie Wagoner in August 1973, this report was updated with additional information by Stacey Bayles in April 2010. Photographs were contributed by 1) Mary Ayn Tullier of Talihina, Oklahoma, 2) Oklahoma Veterans Center-Talihina…

These undated photos are of the superintendent's cottage, a bungalow on the grounds of the sanatorium. The cottage was home to Dr. Baker and his family; his wife, Maud and their two daughters, Mary and Martha. In the first photo, the cottage is shown…

Undated postcard image of the building's south elevation - east wing.  The rear of the Infirmary's wing additions feature modern, cast concrete cantilevered, horizontal shading devices. 

North elevation. In 1952, 100 patient beds were added by constructing two wings on the 1932 Infirmary Building. New operating rooms were constructed in addition to a new dining room and kitchen. According to 1952 newspaper articles, this was a…

North elevation. In 1937, a building was constructed at a cost of $184,000, 45% of which was allocated funds from Public Works Administration (PWA). It was 200 feet long by 40 feet wide, three stories high, and had a capacity for about 140…

North elevation. In 1932, a three-story brick Infirmary Building for women with an 80-bed capacity was constructed. This building was used to care for the more advanced patients and as a receiving ward.

North elevation looking west. The Harper Building was a preventorium for children infected with tuberculosis, but who did not have an active form of the disease. A preventorium was defined by the Committee of Preventoria of the National Tuberculosis…

North elevation looking east. Constructed in 1930 as a children's facility, this building accommodated 65 patients with primary tuberculosis. Each wing housed sleeping porches on the south with dressing rooms on the north. The first floor's central…