G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium Postcard

This is a lovely postcard showing the TB hospital that once stood in West Monroe. As a postscript to the post about Father Louis Gergaud I did a few weeks ago, yesterday at a Shreveport press conference, it was announced the five yellow fever priests were declared "Servants of God" by the Vatican. This is … Continue reading G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium Postcard →

Tuberculosis Sanitarium

A couple of weeks ago, I shared a link to a photo of G.B. Cooley Sanitarium under construction. The WPA compiled a history of facility and you can read it here: https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A13

G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium Under Construction

https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lwp%3A2043 This is an old WPA photograph showing the TB hospital under construction in 1936. It was located out on Whites Ferry Road. The State Library has most of the WPA materials from the entire state and they are digitizing them for the Louisiana Digital Library.