Waverly Inn, Bloomingdale, N. Y., Adirondacks.

Postcard

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Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

Waverly Inn, Bloomingdale, N. Y., Adirondacks.

Entry/Object ID

2024.3.52

Description

Color postcard showing a house with a large open front porch. This was likely along Saranac Avenue/State Route 3 in Bloomingdale. Printed caption on front reads, "Waverly Inn, Bloomingdale, N. Y., Adirondacks." Printed by the Leighton & Valentine Co., NYC. Used, divided back, postmarked Bloomingdale, NY, October 12, 1914. Handwritten message on back reads, "Dear Alice- You will know [sic] doubt be surprised to hear I am in the Mts. Elsie has been here since June, has lung trouble. Poor kid she has to be so careful, walks but very little as she is afraid of having hemorrhages. We are staying at Waverly Inn, are going to stay all winter. Wish you could be here with us. Write soon won't you, will write a letter later. With love, Esther." Mailed to Miss Alice Jones, Herkimer, NY.

Subject Place

Street

Saranac Avenue

Hamlet

Bloomingdale

Town

St. Armand

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hotels, Villages, Tuberculosis

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Divided Back (1907-1915)

Publisher

Leighton & Valentine Co., The

Transcription

Transcription

Dear Alice- You will know [sic] doubt be surprised to hear I am in the Mts. Elsie has been here since June, has lung trouble. Poor kid she has to be so careful, walks but very little as she is afraid of having hemorrhages. We are staying at Waverly Inn, are going to stay all winter. Wish you could be here with us. Write soon won't you, will write a letter later. With love, Esther.

Transcriber

Monks-Kelly, Chessie

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in