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D111362-1
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- 1957-12-14 (Creation)
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Patricia Stewart, an occupational therapist at the Tacoma Indian Hospital , smiles at Bob McIntyre and Janet Sawyer as they examine a large box of flower pot decorations on December 14, 1957. The little flower pots, wrapped in tissue, were on stars fashioned from Christmas seals. The two teens were officers on the Junior Board of the Tuberculosis Association of Pierce County; McIntyre from Franklin Pierce High School was the program chairman and Sawyer, from Clover Park High School, the president. The flower cups were created by Junior Board members and were to be filled with candy and put on Christmas trays of the 216 T.B. patients. This informal photograph was taken on the grounds of the U.S. Indian Hospital. The Indian Hospital, despite Northwest Indian requests, was finally closed in 1959 due to falling T.B. levels. Photograph ordered by the T.B. Association. (TNT 12-22-57, A-11)
Tacoma Indian Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1950-1960; Occupational therapy--Tacoma; Stewart, Patricia; McIntyre, Bob; Sawyer, Janet;