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Cresson TB Sanatorium Remembered

PAGE 7: Sanatorium Scale Model

This page has three section of information pertaining to the San Scale Model as follows:

Section 1:  Photos of the san scale model designed and built by Fred Conacher and his daughter Theresa McConnell along with photos of guests viewing the model at the reunion.

Section 2:  Photos showing the model construction prosess.

Section 3:  A detailed description by Fred and Theresa of the model history and design process.
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Section 1
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1.  Fred Connacher and the san model at his home in Cresson, Pa.
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2.  Fred, his daughter and co-builder Theresa McConnell and Chuck Felton.

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3.  Chuck Felton and his wife Peggy admiring the model.

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4.  Theresa and her father Fred should be justifiably proud of their work.  Their model was the focal point of all the displays and was used as a visual aid in relating many san stories.

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5.  Theresa, Thomas Domin who was in the preventorium and Fred.





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Section 2
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13.  Fred looked at various water tower shapes to replicate the one at the san.

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16,  Dormer windows after being removed from mold and getting their first dab of "window" paint.  Notethe dime in the background showing just how small these were to work with.

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17.  Fred using the special punch he built to press windows into the cardboard used for the facade of the East and West Wings and Units 1 and 2.


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8.  Patty Satalia of PBS Radio Station WPSU in State College interviewing Fred about the making of the model.

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9.  Fred, Theresa and Marcella Boruch.




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10.  Fred, Theresa and Chuck Felton.






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23.  A sketch in Fred's notebook of the water tower used for the model .  The wooden tower parts are shown on the left.

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26.  Fred's apparatus for setting the distance when punching windows on san building windows.







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27.  Blocks of hard wood used for dormer mold.  The metal punch Fred made pressed the windows into the wood, which were then filled with epoxu until set.

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Section 3      (TO BE ADDED SOON)