Christmas in the Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, LA. 1930s. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.
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Two young female patients and a Catholic sister belonging to the nursing order of the Daughters of Charity pose near a Christmas tree in the Carville Infirmary.
This file appears in: Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana.
Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana.
The infirmary, built in 1933, had 68 beds in two open wards--men upstairs and women downstairs. Architects provided screened porches across the front of the building to allow patients fresh air.…