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Item 68006

Two children riding a snow horse, Swan's Island, ca. 1945

Two children riding a snow horse, Swan's Island, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 63049

Three skaters at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, 1949

Three skaters at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, 1949

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 48371

Brothers of Longfellow Council badge, 1889

Brothers of Longfellow Council badge, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1889 Media: Brass, silk, gold wash

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Group at Western Maine Sanatorium, 1929

San Life: the Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929

Merle Wadleigh of Portland, who was in his mid 20s, took and saved photographs that provide a glimpse into the life of a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron in 1928-1929.

Exhibit

Maine Soldiers' Relief Association card, Washington, ca. 1863

The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

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Cottage for women, Maine State Sanatorium, Hebron, ca. 1909

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.