Postcard

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2022.83.174

Description

Photograph postcard showing an elevated view of a group of platform tents clustered around a small building with a porch. Women can be seen sitting out on several of the porches. No photographer’s mark. Used, undivided back, white space at left for message, not postmarked. Handwritten message on front reads, “Mollie this is some of the camp in Ray Brook the ladies camp this was taken from the top of the Hospital.” Mailed to Miss Mollie Wands, 207 State St., Schenectady, N. Y.

Subject Place

Sanatorium

New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis

Hamlet

Ray Brook

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Collection

Ann Pecora Diamond Collection

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

Tuberculosis, Patients, Sanatoriums, Tents

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Photograph (1900-Present)

Transcription

Transcription

Mollie this is some of the camp in Ray Brook the ladies camp this was taken from the top of the Hospital.

Transcriber

Monks-Kelly, Chessie

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in