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Photo of Eugene Tabor, Emily Tabor, and infant Jeanne Tabor - 1949.   Eugene Tabor was a WWII veteran who was diagnosed with tuberculosis in the 1950's.  His mother, Emily Tabor, was a sanatorium employee who contracted tuberculosis while working at…

This is a picture of my grandmother, Alma Cusac, who was in the "San" in 1950, when she was about 33 years old. She was healed and lived to be into her 80's, although there was a lot of shame about having TB and being at the state hospital.

Undated photograph of Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker, superintendent of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium from 1928 to 1966.

Photograph taken on February 18, 1972, at the First Service Award Program's employee recognition ceremony. In the background is a landscape mural, artist and date unknown, now covered by paneling. Pictured left to right; Representative Don…

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…

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…