Just nine years after the devastating 1906 earthquake, San Francisco staged the 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exposition, celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal in August, 1914 and hosting more than 18 million visitors from around the world.  One of the exhibits housed in the "Palace of Education” featured displays created by the Pennsylvania Health Department which included large scale models of the three state TB sanatoriums at Mont Alto, Cresson and Hamburg and models of a Cure Pavilion and Patient's Cottage. 

The photos shown below were taken from the Pennsylvania Health Bulletin No. 77 published in Harrisburg, Pa. on January 1916, which was scanned as part of the Google Books collection.  The photos are interesting historically as they show the initial layout of the building at these three sanatoriums in 1915, which was just a few years after they were completed.      

 

 

 

 

 

For some years, the san had its own poultry farm.  The poultry house, which had a capacity of approximately one thousand chickens, housed White Leghorns because they are good egg layers.  The object was to ensure a plentiful supply of fresh eggs, which were considered essential in the treatment of tuberculosis.  The poultry farm was expanded from year to year until it had a capacity of five thousand chickens.  The poultry farm was discontinued when delivered eggs became available at a cheap price from near-by farms.

 

About forty thousand pounds of fresh pork was produced annually at the san piggery.  This constituted the major portion of the fresh pork used in a year, and was the only part of the food supply produced on the grounds.  The piggery was started in 1914, near the barn, and was moved to a new location north of Route 22 in 1916. 

 

The Power House with its large smoke stack and Laundry, shown in the right background, were originally located near the men's cottages and the water tank.  However, once the chicken coops and piggery were eliminated, the Power House and Laundry were moved to the site near the barn.