[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s

Flint, Michigan: 1928-1941.

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Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Measuring 9" x 7". String-tied, black leather boards with "Photographs" embossed on the front. Contains 207 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 0.5" x 0.5" and 7" x 5", many with captions on or below the images. Lightly bumped corners and spine ends with small tears, near fine with fine photographs.

An interesting album of a African-American woman packed with images of friends and family that were taken between 1928 and 1941, including her time as a patient and later a volunteer at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis in Flint, Michigan. The woman, identified only as Dorothy, lived with her family and attended Flint Central High School. She is pictured dancing, posing, and clowning around with numerous friends and various members of her family. There are also a number of portraits interspersed throughout the album, some cut into diamond or circle shapes, and a few hand-colored. Most of the images are captioned with names and her relation to the individuals: sister, aunt, brother-in-law, etc.

Towards the end of the album, Dorothy appears to have contracted tuberculosis and is pictured in a hospital bed wearing headphones and with a caption below that reads: “Taked the cure here.” There are more pictures of her sick in bed along with other young woman. Later she is shown working or volunteering at the hospital with photos of patients, fellow nurses, and several doctors.

An interesting photo album of a young African-American woman growing up in Flint, Michigan.


Item #421850

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Item #421850 [Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s. Dorothy.
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s
[Photo Album]: African-American Family and Nurse at the Michigan State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis s