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Description
The cover of a booklet of postcard-size images of the Maine State Sanatorium in Hebron, a privately operated facility to treat people with tuberculosis.
The sanatorium was incorporated in 1901. It treated people with plenty of fresh air, rest, and a diet rich in calories.
It became part of the state health system in 1915.
About This Item
- Title: Maine Sanatorium, Hebron, ca. 1911
- Creation Date: circa 1911
- Subject Date: circa 1911
- Location: Greenwood Mountain, Hebron, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4014: Hebron
- Collection: Postcard collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Dogs
- Gates
- Hospitals, convalescent--Maine--Hebron
- Maine State Sanatorium
- Postcards
- Sanatoriums--Maine
- Tuberculosis hospitals--Maine
- Tuberculosis--Maine
- Western Maine Sanatorium
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