The Tuberculosis Exhibition
Beginning with November 15, 1908, a monster tuberculosis exhibit opened in New York City. The exhibition consisted of charts, photographs, maps, models, diagrams, and all sorts of paraphernalia that have to do with the prevention, study, or treatment of tuberculosis. Exhibits from fifteen different countries were in evidence. Fifty thousand square feet of floor space, and a hundred and ten thousand square feet of wall space were necessary for the display. Ten special cars and twelve hundred packing-cases were required to transport it. It was educational. It told what consumption is doing, how it may be stopped, and ended up by telling how it can be cured, making hopeful the hearts of many who are afflicted. It remained in New York City for one month, and at the end of that time it was broken up into several units and returned to the several states and countries.