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Battle Creek Sanitarium, c. 1925

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1925 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-006-016-004 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/9197
dc.description Postcard showing color 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: Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan - 43 Caption on back: The Battle Creek Sanitarium, in addition to restoring health and teaching correct habits of living to thousands from all over the world, annually, has also trained and sent to remote, uncivilized lands, numerous medical missionaries. Written on back: Dear Belle: We are living here at Long Lake. I hope to go back, when I can get gas. I've been over here for an examination. I think I'll live. Hope to see you one of these days. Will write again. Love, Florence. Sent to: Mrs. Belle Smith Kalamazoo, Mich. R.4 Sent on: August 9, 1925 en_US
dc.format.extent 300 dpi tif.; xxx KB en_US
dc.format.medium color postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Phelps Medical and Surgical Sanatorium en_US
dc.subject Bernarr Macfadden Health Home en_US
dc.subject National Trades and Workers Association en_US
dc.subject Sanitarium Annex en_US
dc.subject B.C Sanitarium Annex en_US
dc.title Battle Creek Sanitarium, c. 1925 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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