Sanitarium Library, Saranac, Adirondacks

Name/Title

Sanitarium Library, Saranac, "Adirondacks"

Entry/Object ID

2024.3.57

Description

Grayscale postcard showing the original stone library at the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium (later renamed Trudeau Sanatorium) in the snow. Printed caption on front reads, "Sanitarium Library, Saranac, 'Adirondacks'." Printed by the Rotograph Co., NYC. Used, divided back, postmarked Trudeau, NY, September 3, 1908. Handwritten message on back reads, "Trudeau, N.Y., Sept. 3. 08. Dear Clara, Found this postal yeserday. Send as you may not know it. We find G- slowly improving. She goes with us tomorrow to South Haven where we shall remain as long as the weather permits and she feels contented. Scenery most enjoyable air delightful here. Yours, Harriet F. Sill [?]." Mailed to Mrs. R. B. Farson [?], St. Charles, Illinois.

Subject Place

Sanatorium

Trudeau Sanatorium

City

Saranac Lake

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

Libraries, Sanatoriums, Tuberculosis, Winter

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Divided Back (1907-1915)

Publisher

The Rotograph Co.

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

September 3, 1908, PM

Postmark Place

Hamlet

Trudeau

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Transcription

Transcription

Trudeau, N.Y., Sept. 3. 08. Dear Clara, Found this postal yeserday. Send as you may not know it. We find G- slowly improving. She goes with us tomorrow to South Haven where we shall remain as long as the weather permits and she feels contented. Scenery most enjoyable air delightful here. Yours, Harriet F. Sill [?].

Transcriber

Monks-Kelly, Chessie

Dimensions

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Length

8-1/2 in