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Bernarr Macfadden Health Home, c. 1908

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1908 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-006-008-002 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/9227
dc.description Postcard showing photo of the Bernarr Macfadden Health Home; 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 National 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: Sanitorium Battle Creek, Mich. Pub. by S. H. Knox & Co. 27-K3 Written on back: Dear Sister How are the children getting along. I looked for a letter this morning but didn't get it. As them to write. I am about sick this morning. Will write a letter to Sent to Mrs. Lora Eastrian South Haven Mich. R.F.D. No 5. Sent on July 28, 1908 en_US
dc.format.extent 300 dpi tif.; xxx KB en_US
dc.format.medium b&w postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Macfadden, Bernarr. en_US
dc.subject Phelps Medical and Surgical Sanatorium en_US
dc.subject National Trades and Workers Association en_US
dc.subject Battle Creek Sanitarium en_US
dc.subject B.C Sanitarium Annex en_US
dc.title Bernarr Macfadden Health Home, c. 1908 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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