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| Title | Galesburg Sanitarium |
| Date Original | 1903 |
| Description | This print photograph from a booklet about Galesburg shows three large, pillared buildings with porches. They are two stories tall and are interconnected. The building on the far right is believed to have housed a 100 foot swimming pool. This view is of the northwest corner of Main and Cedar Streets in Galesburg, Illinois. |
| Location Depicted | 217 to 239 West Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Galesburg Sanitarium (Ill.)
Sanatoriums
Hospitals
Porches
Columns
Trees
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | In a newspaper advertisement dating to the time of the opening of the hospital in 1901 it stated that the Galesburg Sanitarium offered a variety of water cures. They used a hygio therapeutic system, which included Russian, Turkish, Roman, salt glow, hot air and electric light baths. The hospital had a 100 foot swimming pool, convalescent rooms, showers and exercise rooms. It had accommodations for about 20 patients. In the 1904 booklet, Galesburg: a souvenir program for the Illinois Press Association, it is printed underneath this same image "These buildings were erected by Dr. E. V. D. Morris in 1899 for the purpose of establishing a great sanitarium. He failed to realize sufficient income on them to be able to run them as he had planned, and converted them into apartment houses." This occurred sometime between 1905 to 1912 as reports very by newspaper accounts given in 1959. In 1935 the swimming pool and recreational facilities were opened to the public. The building housing the pool was demolished in 1959 to make more room for McCabe Scrap Iron & Materials Company. Address and name of institution verified in the 1901 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P1683 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.75 x 5.75 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photograph scanned at 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the contrast from 0 to +5 and the brightness from 0 to +6 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-07-12 |
| File Name | gplp1683 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
