The Tucson City Council on this date in 1907 passed an ordinance forbidding tuberculosis patients or other health seekers from erecting tents within city limits. As a result, a city of tents springs up outside Tucson. This photo shows a "lungers" camp outside of Phoenix in 1903 where tuberculosis patients lived. Many people moved to the Arizona deserts to try to find relief from their tuberculosis symptoms.
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