Buildings at the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1916/06
Description:
View of the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. E. E. Clovis, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located two miles east of Terra Alta, Preston county, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The local station is called Hopemont, but only local trains stop here. All passenger trains stop at Terra Alta, which is the express and post office. Number of patients treated during June, 1914 was 65.
Front entrance of Welch Hospital number 1. C.F. Hicks, M.D., Superintendent. This institution is located at Welch, McDowell County, and is reached by the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Number of patients treated during June, 1916 was 211.
Filled Chesapeake and Ohio coal car in front of a group of houses at Tams, W. Va.Picture includes: Betty Jean Seals, Robert Church, Doris Williams, Marlene Dews, Leroy Messingbery, Josephine or Ernestine Hill, Whitney Hairston, Wilfred Younger, and Charlene Jennings.
A view of Spencer State Hospital. Charles A. Barlow, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located at Spencer, Roane County, and is reached by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Number of Patients July 1, 1916 was 653.
