Iola Sanitarium photograph album, 1914 - 1934

One album with associated loose photographs showing the construction and early years of operation of the Iola Sanitarium.

This collection provides a pictorial history of the Iola Sanitarium from 1914 to at least 1934. The Sanitarium project began in 1911 to provide a hospital for tuberculosis patients in Monroe County. Over the ensuing five decades, it would provide a home for hundreds of people recovering from the disease. Images depict every element of the Sanitarium's operations, from its construction to the mechanical rooms to the life of its inmates.