My grandmother was to become an orphan not long after this photograph was taken. She and her family were exposed to Tuburculosis by the many foreigners who were gaining access to the island such as traders and missionaries. Her parents sadly passed away, leaving my aunt Gert, my uncle Louis, and my grandma who were brought to an orphanage in Anchorage. My grandmother was separated from her siblings as she was also infected with TB, and for a years she was in and out of the hospital being treated and quarantined for the disease. She eventually lost half a lung because of it, and in a twist of fate- found love in the process
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