"Casino Night" for the Patients--Lions' Club Fair at Carville, the National Leprosarium.
This file appears in: Lake Johansen, Station Farm, and Sports & Leisure at the National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana
One of the first outside organizations to form a group at Carville was the Lions Club in 1950.
The Carville patients modeled their "Lions Den" after the leprosy patients in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, who had formed a group years earlier.
This file appears in: Lake Johansen, Station Farm, and Sports & Leisure at the National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana
Lake Johansen, Station Farm, and Sports & Leisure at the National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana
Up until the 1950s, the 80 or so acres ahead and to the left of you were farmed by about 30 laborers who grew fruits and vegetables to feed the staff and patients.
Corn was grown to feed…