SR094 Baptist Orphanage
FILES
Dublin Core
Title
SR094 Baptist Orphanage
Description
Before the advent of modern medicine, quarantine was often the best strategy to avoid the spread of disease. Salem, like all communities, had to impose its fair share of them. In 1905, the Baptist Orphanage was quarantined for two weeks due to an outbreak of 15 cases of varioloid on it campus.
Creator
unknown
Publisher
Roanoke Public Libraries
Date
1920s
Contributor
Nelson Harris, George Wade
Rights
Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
Format
Digital Postcard
Type
Still Image
Identifier
sr094
Is Version Of
Salem and Roanoke County in Vintage Postcards by Nelson Harris (2005)
Citation
unknown, “SR094 Baptist Orphanage,” Virginia Room Digital Collection, accessed November 6, 2024, http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/sr094.