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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…

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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…

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Pictured on the steps at the entrance to the Administration building are Helen Campbell and Jimmie Isborn in 1939, cousins and patients (6 and 10-years old, respectively).

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Pictured on the sanatorium grounds near the Harper building is Helen June Campbell in 1939, a 6-year old patient institutionalized with primary tuberculosis.
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