Pennsylvania Highlands Community College - Cresson Sanatorium

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In 1900, there were 34 sanatoriums in the United States. By 1925 there were 536. The Cresson Sanatorium was one of the earlier sanatoriums and provides a record of life at an institution at a time of heightened health concerns and spread of tuberculosis. The Cresson Sanatorium was located in the mountain near the present-day town of Cresson in Cambria County. The "San" as it was known, was in existence from 1913 and 1964 and treated people diagnosed with tuberculosis. Some patients stayed or years, while others who died there were never reclaimed by their families and are interred in a nearby hillside. The items in this collection have been gathered from persons who were patients at the San or who had relatives who were patients there. Most materials were gathered at part of a centennial commemoration of the Cresson Sanatorium.
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Cosko Scrapbook Page 2
Cosko Scrapbook Page 2
Scrapbook--Cresson Sanatorium--Cresson (PA)
Pittsburgh (View from the South Side. Smithfield Street Bridge) Photo by Robert Gottie
Cosko Scrapbook Page 3
Cosko Scrapbook Page 3
Scrapbook--Cresson Sanatorium--Cresson (PA)
Top row: Pat Meyers and Dezo; "The Shiek of the San" Robert Williams; Cresson Skiing Party 1926 (Calvin McCully, Allen Zalos, Leonard Shoemaker, Steve Toth, Harry Bosworth, Joe Bavorski, John Cosko, Joe Kollar, Kennedy, Lester Bailey, James Ross, Steve Zunas, George Mattis) Second row: Grace Chapel; Girlfriend Elvira Cremonese, Mrs. Graf. Third row: Egg Hunt; Dining Room; Camping (Dr. Cowen, Dezo, Steve Zunas)
Cosko Scrapbook Page 4
Cosko Scrapbook Page 4
Scrapbook--Cresson Sanatorium--Cresson (PA)
Top row: Mrs. Kane; Dr. Cowen; Miss Graf and Petro; unknown. Bottom row: Pete Cornyn; Leber Felli (Old Pard); Grace chapel
Cosko Scrapbook Page 5
Cosko Scrapbook Page 5
Scrapbook--Cresson Sanatorium--Cresson (PA)
Clockwise: Hobo feed; Jack Mower; Daily exercise 1925; 4th July Picnic 1925; Dr. Stites 4th July 1925
Cosko Scrapbook Page 6
Cosko Scrapbook Page 6
Scrapbook--Cresson Sanatorium--Cresson (PA)
Snow photo
Cosko Scrapbook Page 7
Cosko Scrapbook Page 7
Scrapbook--Cresson Sanatorium--Cresson (PA)
Top row: Daddy Robinson; Mss Vesta Bates; Miss Mackereth, School Teacher; Pete Hobart. Bottom row: Andrew Kutch; Dezo Demetsky - John Robinson, Mickey
Cosko Scrapbook Page 8
Cosko Scrapbook Page 8
Scrapbook--Cresson Sanatorium--Cresson (PA)
Top row: Turner; Men's Camp; Snow. Middle row: Boat swing; Woman's camp. Bottom row: Dr. Stites Residence; Hobo feed 1925.
Cresson in Snow
Cresson in Snow
Snow, Cresson Sanatorium
Photograph of Cresson Sanatorium in the snow.
Cresson in Snow
Cresson in Snow
Snow, Cresson Sanatorium
Photograph of Cresson Sanatorium in the snow.
Cresson in the Snow
Cresson in the Snow
Snow
Photograph of snow laden trees in Cresson.
Cresson: View from Medical Director's House toward Adm. Building
Cresson: View from Medical Director's House toward Adm. Building
Cresson Sanatorium
Photograph of Cresson Sanatorium view from the Medical Director's house towards the Administration Building showing sidewalks and snow.
Delores Kitchen
Delores Kitchen
Kitchen, Delores, Chuck, Mary, Jerry, Bud, Tuberculosis - - Patients - - Pennsylvania - - Cresson - -History - - 20th Century - -reminiscences
Tells of her experience in the Children's ward at the Sanitorium when she was 9 and her brother was 5
Dempcenski, Stanislaw Death Record
Dempcenski, Stanislaw Death Record
Sanatorium--Tuberculosis--Death Records
This is a death record for a patient who died at the Cresson Sanatorium.
Dixon, Harvey Death Record
Dixon, Harvey Death Record
Sanatorium--Tuberculosis--Death Records
This is a death record for a patient who died at the Cresson Sanatorium.
Doll beside Steps
Doll beside Steps
Dolls, Cresson Sanatorium
Photograph of doll on steps.
Doll beside Steps
Doll beside Steps
Dolls, Cresson Sanatorium
Photograph of doll on steps and showing door to building.
Doll beside Steps with Cat
Doll beside Steps with Cat
Dolls, Cats, Cresson Sanatorium
Photograph of doll on steps with cat on the ground.
Dolores (Dee) Lillian Edelman
Dolores (Dee) Lillian Edelman
Edelman, Dolores Lillian, Edleman, Dee Lillian, Edelman, Jack, Arellano, Barbara, Tuberculosis - - Patients - - Pennsylvania - - Cresson - -History - - 20th Century - -reminiscences
Barbara Arellano tells of her mother's stay at the San in the mid-1950s
Donald Meeker
Donald Meeker
Meeker, Donald, Meeker, Don, Felton, Chuck, Rosie, Frank, Ball, Samuel, Marshall, Mrs., Ma, Dr., Heeman, Cora, Rose, Tuberculosis - - Patients - - Pennsylvania - - Cresson - -History - - 20th Century - -reminiscences
Patient at the San for four months in 1960. Had an aunt who was also at the Cresson Sanitorium
Doris Jean Newell
Doris Jean Newell
Newell, Doris Jean, McFadden, Doris Jean, Newell, Dodie, Newell, Don, Newell, Larry, Newell, Donald, Newell, Gerald, Tuberculosis - - Patients - - Pennsylvania - - Cresson - -History - - 20th Century - -reminiscences
Story of Doris Jean Newell as told by her daughter. Story tells of being separated from her family and visits by her husband while she was at the San