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Brook Sanatorium Laundry Workers in Saranac Lake

Brook Sanitorium Laundry Workers in Saranac Lake

Ray Brook Sanitorium Laundry Workers pose for a photograph. During the tuberculosis years, laundries in Saranac Lake were large employers, as it was thought important to wash patients’ clothes and bedding regularly. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.

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