The Old Pest House | University of Illinois Archives
Title:
The Old Pest House
Date:
1912
Description:
Text on the back reads:
"The Old Pest House, 1912. North Champaign town. Student daily(?) visited by Dean of Men.
See Daily Illini January 24, 1915."
Dean of Men Thomas Arkle Clark visits a student quarantined at the City Pest House, located on the North end of Neil Street in Champaign, near the city dump. Prior to the erection of McKinley Memorial Hospital, students and locals with contagious illnesses needed to quarantine in this "vile shack."
Found in 39/2/20 Box 71, Folder BUI - Hospital, Isolation - Original old pest house, 1912.
Phys. Desc:
TIFF
ID:
0011179
Repository:
University of Illinois Archives
Found in:
39/2/20 Photographic Subject File, 1868-
Subjects:
Publisher:
Daily Illini
Rights:
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