Western Maine Sanatorium gate, 1928
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Merle Wadleigh, a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron, took this photo in July 1928.
He wrote on the back, "The Gate and San."
It was one of three state-operated tuberculosis facilities.
Other Information
- Title: Western Maine Sanatorium gate, 1928
- Creator: Wadleigh, Merle G.
- Creation Date: 1928
- Subject Date: 1928
- Local Name: Greenwood Mountain
- Town: Hebron
- County: Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 6.2 x 10.5
- Local Code: Coll. 2111, Vol. 2
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Tuberculosis hospitals--Maine
Sanatoriums--Maine
Tuberculosis--Maine
Hospitals, convalescent--Maine--Hebron
Gates
Western Maine Sanatorium
Maine State Sanatorium
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