Anti-Tuberculosis Brick Made by Patients of the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital - Imprinted "Don't Spit on Sidewalk"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1958
name: label: maker
content: Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
label: maker
content: American Lung Association
notes: label: Description
content: Inscriptions on the commemorative display read:
label: Description
content: "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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Made by patients of the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital, Chanute, Kansas"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kansas, Chanute
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Institute for Advancement of Medical Communication
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11152
label: catalog number
content: M-11152
label: accession number
content: 259205
objectType: label: Object Name
content: brick, commemorative, tuberculosis prevention
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; brick; ceramic; grout; paper; ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: 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