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Postcard showing photo of the building constructed as Phelps Medical and Surgical Sanatorium in 1899 on N. Washington Avenue by Neil and Oscar Phelps. Later the building became the Macfadden Health Home Sanatorium (1907-09), the headquarters of C. W. Post's Trades and Workers Association, and finally it was bought by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, operating as the Battle Creek Sanitarium Annex before becoming the main Sanitarium facility in 1942.
Caption on front: A cordial welcome awaits you at the Battle Creek Health Center Battle Creek, Michigan.
Caption on back: The Battle Creek Health Center's unique program has, for nearly a century, attracted discriminating guests. Its therapeutic diet, emphasis on physical fitness, and its clinical services are world-known. The ready-to-eat cereal industry, for which Battle Creek is also famous, had its origin in this historical center.
Written on back: Thanks so much Maude for beautiful card. Feel I have been benefited. Certgainly the treatments & Baths help. Merry Christmas, see you soon. Minnie.
Sent to: Mrs. Ira Wilson, 202 Allen Blvd. Kalamazoo, Mich.
Sent on: December 14, 1960 |
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