Photographs, 1910-1961.

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Photographs, 1910-1961.

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Addition to the Tennessee Historical Society photographic collection consisting of eight photographs of the tuberculosis sanatorium operated by the International Pressmen's and Assistants' Union, located in Pressmen's Home (Hawkins County, Tennessee), which operated from 1910 to 1961. Subjects include portrait of the union president George L. Berry (1882-1948), who was the fomenter of the sanatorium project in 1909; the hospital, grounds, and medical equipment. Photographs appeared in an article in the fall 1989 issue of the Tennessee historical quarterly concerning the Pressmen's Home Sanatorium.

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Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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Tennessee Historical Society

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Berry, George Leonard, 1882-1948

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Berry served on whaling ships in the South Atlantic prior to the Civil War. He enlisted into the 5th Maine Infantry and participated in the Seven Days' Battle, 1862. From the description of Papers, 1857-1864. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 43641698 Senator from Tennessee. President of the International Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America from 1907 to 1948. From the guide to the George L. Berry letter to Abraham Mandelstam, 1938, (The New Yor...