Sanatorium - Fresh air in Hebron

Front gate, Western Maine Sanatorium 1928 - click to enlarge
Photo: Maine Historical Society via www.mainememory.net

Tuberculosis, or "consumption" was a deadly disease in the early part of the last century.  It was thought that fresh air helped in the cure of TB along with the drugs that were available at the time.
The State of Maine built Sanatoriums for places to send people for fresh air, we'll take a short peek at the one in the southern Oxford County Town of Hebron.
  People would stay at the Sanatoriums for long periods of time, my guess is to mostly keep them out of contact with others to slow the spread of TB.  There were schools and religious services, parades on the Fourth of July, and parties at Christmas, but mostly there was fresh air.

The Children's Cottage at Hebron 1928 - click to enlarge
Photo: Maine Historical Society via www.mainememory.net

The Fourth of July Parade 1929 - click to enlarge
Photo: Maine Historical Society via www.mainememory.net