#15 Men's West Wing, built in 1915-16.
#17 Old photo of the three open air school buildings. Note all
the windows for fresh air & sunlight.
#21 Women's Camp. Card was written by a woman and addressed to Farrell, Pa, but no postmark with year.
Note on card says X was her cottage, B the bath house and P is pavilion for taking a "rest cure".
#23 Grace Chapel erected in 1914.
#25 I believe this was taken later than photo #24 as it shows more ivy on the front wall.
#27 Old photo of Main Kitchen.
#31 Unit 2 Men's
Dorm. I lived here for 6 months on the 2nd floor while on meals.
#33 Children's Gymnasium & Swimming Pool, built in 1922. It was converted into the Surgery Building (at
right) during the 1930's. Card is postmarked Cresson 1930 and mailed to Allentown, Pa.
#35 Power
House & Laundry Postmarked Wall, Pa June 1940, mailed to East Chicago.
#37 This photos of the Men's Camp was taken earlier that #36.
Notice that there are no cement sidewalks between the rows of cottages or wood fences in the left foreground as there
are in #36. Horses and wagons, which were used to haul people and supplies from Cresson to the san, can be seen
near the cottages.
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#18 Newer version of Open Air School Buildings and Athletic Field. Mailed in 1946 to Erie, Pa.
#20 Children's Playground & School
#22 Another view of the Women's Cottages with white fence & snazzy
auto added. The men's and women's camps were dismantled in the early 1950's after Units 1 and 2 were completed.
#24 Grace Chapel where I attended church services once I made
meals. Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw of Pittsburgh, who had a summer home near Cresson, gave generously to the sanatorium, particularly
in the building of the chapel.
#26 Nurse's Home built in the late 1940's.
#28 Old photo of Dining Room. In 1955 it was bigger and brighter with new dining tables and furniture.
#30 Children's House was opened in 1932. However,
the children's department was discontinued in 1950 and it became
Unit 3, a hospital building for adults.
#32 The Entertainment Hall was built in 1925. It was completely
renovated in the early part of 1951.
#34 The Surgery Bulding, which was right across from my ward, so I saw it every day. We all hoped
we would never have to go there.
#36. Men's Camp as it looked shortly after the san opened
in 1913. This postcard was mailed in Cresson on January 21, 1915 to Washingon,Pa. It shows the water tank in the
distance with the added bit of data that it held 85,000 gallons. Photo #19 above was taken later with more of the landscaping
and sidewalks completed.
#38 The postcard
was written by Lilly and mailed on March 9, 1915 (I think) to West Brownsville, Pa. Lilly writes
about how cold it is as she probably had to sit in the open air pavilions during winter all bundled up. Patients were
required to drink 6 pints of milk a day as it was thought this would help then gain weight, a sign that they were getting
better.
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