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1926 Cracked Floor of the solarium in the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after Mine Subsidence

Citation

“1926 Cracked Floor of the solarium in the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after Mine Subsidence,” Madison Historical, accessed April 16, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/577.

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Description

This 1926 photograph shows cracking in the floor of the solarium in the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville. The building had suffered damage from mine subsidence.

Subjects

  • government
  • Edwardsville
  • Mining
  • Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium
  • Madison County Nursing Home

Contributor

  • Gibson, Bob

Date

1926

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Physical Dimensions

7.6 x 9.69 (inches)

Coverage

  • 1920s
  • Edwardsville, Illinois

Identifier

  • Gibson-Bob-P-0002
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