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1926 Workers During Repair Construction of the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after Mine Subsidence

Citation

“1926 Workers During Repair Construction of the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after Mine Subsidence,” Madison Historical, accessed December 23, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/680.

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Description

This 1926 photograph shows workers utilizing levers during repair construction to the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after mine subsidence. These improvements were a larger part of a necessary construction completed to the building after mine subsidence. 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-0030
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