The Real Story Behind The Photograph
Newspaper archives confirmed what had happened.
The outbreak spread through crowded housing on Jackson Street.
Investigators later discovered something shocking.
The neighborhood water supply had been contaminated.
The well used by residents had likely been polluted by sewage.
In other words:
The epidemic might have been preventable.
Dozens of children died within weeks.
Rose Hartley was one of them.
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