Los Angeles Hikers, , 12/30/13, Clarkson, Mrs. Mabel Ackerman, Carrie Van Gaasbeck and Berger, 1913. Tuberculosis survivors who hiked from Los Angeles to Washington DC to deliver a letter asking President Wilson for research on tuberculosis treatments and cures. The hiking, in winter, was part of the demonstration that they were, indeed, cured of TB.

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