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San Life: The Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929

Group at Western Maine Sanatorium, 1929

Group at Western Maine Sanatorium, 1929

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Maine Historical Society

A group of Sanatorium patients posed for a photo on May 31, 1929.

Because they lived in close proximity and shared the effects of tuberculosis, patients often became friendly with one another.

They frequently referred to the facility as the "san," and sometimes wrote letters after they left treatment that suggested they missed the san and their friends there.