 On the sixth day of Saranac Lake-mas, your museum gave to you... tuberculosis patients a-laying in the fresh air! TB patients like these women at Ray Brook Sanatorium would spend their days on porches resting and taking in the fresh air.
To learn more about the process of “curing,” visit our wiki: https://localwiki.org/hsl/Curing We’re halfway there - what will you learn in the next six days of Saranac Lake-mas? [Patients at Ray Brook, c. 1928. Historic Saranac Lake Collection, TCR 124, courtesy of Ben Fruhlinger.]
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89 Church Street, Suite 2, Saranac Lake, New York 12983
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89 Church Street, Suite 2, Saranac Lake, New York 12983
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Historic Saranac Lake is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature,
and an Essex County Arts Council Cultural Assistance Program Grant supported by the Essex County Board of Supervisors.
and an Essex County Arts Council Cultural Assistance Program Grant supported by the Essex County Board of Supervisors.
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