Luther

Cresson TB Sanatorium Remembered

Luther

The following photos were submitted by Jeffrey Luther of Cresson, Pa. They were passed down to him by his father Leo Aloysius Luther who worked as a guard at the san. Leo found the photos by accident during a cleanup.

The interesting thing is that these photos are actually part of the Miss Grow photo album, shown on the "Personal Stories" page. The dates are consistent, the same people appear in both collections and Miss Grow's printing and handwriting are unmistakable. Why they were removed from her album, only to be found many years later by Jeffrey's father, is a mystery.

The captions were written in pencil on the back of each photo.

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1. Patriotic March past the new Grace Chapel on Decoration Day 1917.

3. The north entrance of my camp cottage.

5. Road to back woods, facing East. July 1919

7. Miss Campbell & her dog at the san chicken farm. She was the Matron of the Dining Room & Laundry, March 1917

9. Dr. Melvin E. Cowen on steps of Administration Building in Winter of 1918. He is Acting Superintendent & Medical Director while Dr. Turnbull is on duty at the US Marine Hospital in Georgia until the war is settled.

11. All the little patients are in school and having a little party in the assembly room, Winter 1918. PSCS may stand for Patient School Cresson Sanatorium.

13. Nurses Lauer & Burkett with a patient in side room.

16. One of our B Ward patients, Mary Talento, 1917.

2. Cure pavilion & camp cottages Spring 1917

4. My camp cottage is between two other camps.

6. Winter scene of the Children's Open Air School Buildings and Skating Rink, 1920.

8. Coming from church through the snow path, Feb 1918. East Wing in background.

10. "Billie" Wight in the middle.

12. Miss Eva Smith, a patient in bed in B Ward, May 1919.

14. "Billie" Wight, Jan. 1920.

15. Miss Alverta Clineafter, Terry & Miss Rankin, 1918.

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