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Tucson City of Sunshine and Health for Consumptives
An 1890s promotional profile portrays Tucson as a winter health resort on the Southern Pacific line. It praises dry air, low humidity, high sunshine, and altitudes around 2400 feet, with doctors from Tucson and beyond asserting climate helps pulmonary diseases and tuberculosis patients recover in open air all year.
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Tucson
Southern Pacific R. R
Territory of
Arizona
Santa Cruz Valley
United States Medical Commission
United States
Colorado
Whitelaw Reid
The
New York Tribune
Egypt
Luxor
Arena
Sahara
Africa
Mount Sinai
Arabia
Patraea
Nile
Gataract
Assovan
Wady Halfa
Los Angeles
A. W. Olcott
Harrison E. Stroud
H. W. Fenner
Southern Pacific R. A
Southern Pacific Railway
Mark A. Rogers
Forrow- Doe
California
Atlantic Coast
North America
Santa Cruz River
Santa Catalina Range
Rincon
Santa Rita
Lemon
Catalinas
Wrightson
Santa Ritas
N. H. Matas