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1926 Workers Repairing the North Side of the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after Mine Subsidence

Citation

“1926 Workers Repairing the North Side of the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after Mine Subsidence,” Madison Historical, accessed April 19, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/605.

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Description

This 1926 photograph displays the north side of the of the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after mine subsidence. Workers are shown drilling in the foundation to insert jacks to help support the wall. The building later became the Madison County Nursing Home.

Subjects

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

Contributor

  • Gibson, Bob

Date

1926

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Coverage

  • 1920s
  • Edwardsville, Illinois

Identifier

  • Gibson-Bob-P-0007
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