Contributed by Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Description
The administration building at the state-run Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron.
The facility for tuberculosis patients opened in 1904 and taken over by the state in 1915. The state also operated facilities at Fairfield and Presque Isle.
The postcard has a long message on the back written to "Dear Mother" from someone who had just arrived at the sanatorium. It does not have an address or postmark, and must have been sent in an envelope.
About This Item
- Title: Administration building, Western Maine Sanatorium, Hebron, ca. 1940
- Creator: Otis N. E. Card, Photographer, Bath
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Greenwood Mountain, Hebron, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Tuberculosis--Maine
- Tuberculosis hospitals--Maine
- Maine State Sanatorium
- Sanatoriums--Maine
- Hospitals, convalescent--Maine--Hebron
- Western Maine Sanatorium
- Schools--Maine--Hebron
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historic Preservation Commission55 Capitol Street, 65 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0065
(207) 287-2132
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