Object Details
- Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
- American Lung Association
- Description
- Inscriptions on the commemorative display read:
- "This brick was laid in a Kansas sidewalk in the early day campaign against tuberculosis and other communicable diseases. Dr. S.J. Crumbine's slogan, "Don't Spit on the Sidewalk', spearheaded the early voluntary Christmas Seal fight to keep Kansans healthy and free from tuberculosis and should be a constant reminder to all citizens that tuberculosis is a contagious disease.
- This brick was presented by your Tuberculosis and Health Association in 1958, the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association.
- Made by patients of the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital, Chanute, Kansas"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Institute for Advancement of Medical Communication
- ca 1958
- ID Number
- MG.M-11152
- catalog number
- M-11152
- accession number
- 259205
- Object Name
- brick, commemorative, tuberculosis prevention
- Physical Description
- wood; brick; ceramic; grout; paper; ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 13 3/8 in x 9 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 33.9725 cm x 23.8125 cm
- place made
- United States: Kansas, Chanute
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1456533
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-56b3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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