This was the Main Building of the Pierce County Sanatorium in 1934. The sanatorium for county tuberculosis patients was designed by architects Lundberg & Mahon and opened in January of 1915. It was later renamed Mount View Sanitarium and was also known as Lakeview Sanitarium. It would close in 1952 and would be replaced by a new facility at 215 So. 36th St. in Tacoma. TPL-4466; G30.1-022

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These units were listed as "preventorium" by Marvin Boland in 1934 as he spent the day photographing the Pierce County Sanatorium, 1 Command Circle, Lakewood. Tuberculosis patients would undergo treatment at this county facility which would remain open until 1952. It would later be called Mount View Sanitarium and also Lakeview Sanitarium. G30.1-019

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This was the Administration Building at the Pierce County Sanatorium as viewed in March of 1934. Photographer Marvin Boland took a series of pictures of the hospital complex one day that month. The sanatorium, also known as the Lakeview Sanitarium, provided care for tuberculosis patients in the county. Adults and children had separate wards. The sprawling campus included treatment facilities, residential housing and even a separate maids quarters set aside for live-in housekeeping help. Mountain View Sanatorium in Tacoma replaced the Lakewood county facility in 1952. Three years later in 1955 the old hospital campus was purchased by McChord AFB. G30.1-023

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These large buildings were for residential living at the Pierce County Sanatorium in 1934. The sprawling complex had opened in 1915 and would remain open until 1952. County tuberculosis patients received treatment at the sanatorium located at 1 Command Circle in Lakewood. TPL-4467; G30.1-020

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Maids quarters at Pierce County Sanatorium. A large one-story house was set aside at the Pierce County Sanatorium in 1934 for live-in maids to help in housekeeping duties. The sanatorium treated county residents who were afflicted with tuberculosis. G30.1-021

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Patient at Mountain View Sanatorium, TB League, Adele Faber. "Every person in Tacoma should have an x-ray taken," according to Gerald Duckett, age 44, who was a victim of tuberculosis. He submitted to a test two years earlier in 1947 and was found to be in good shape. An x-ray taken a year later found him with advanced tuberculosis, however. Mr. Duckett had been working in the Hanford Atomic Energy project in Richland prior to his stay at the sanatorium. (T.Times, 3/1/1949, p.2)

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