Graffiti in the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 after Mine Subsidence

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Gibson, Bob, “Graffiti in the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 after Mine Subsidence,” Madison Historical, accessed April 26, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/737.

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This 2002 photograph shows graffiti written on the wall of the Madison County Nursing Home after it was closed in the late 90s. The graffiti expresses the thoughts and feelings of those who worked, as well as their sadness upon its closure.

Mine Subsidence at the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium

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

Gibson, Bob

• Gibson, Bob

December 20, 2002

• The Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium
• Edwardsville

English

• Photograph

• Color photographic print
• jpg

• Edwardsville, Illinois
• 2000s

• Gibson-Bob-P-0069