Tuberculosis Cottages

Dateca. 1910

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions6 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (16.5 × 18.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen

Object numberPA1990.013.214.B

DescriptionA series of small Tuberculosis cottages (also known as Lungers) line a dirt road in Albuquerque, New Mexico on East Silver Ave and High Street. Two of the four homes are made of large stone bricks and the other two with clapboard siding. An early automobile is parked between two houses. Electric lines and poles line the front lawns of the cottages.

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