Library at Adirondack Cottages Sanitarium, Mt. Baker in the Distance, near Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, N. Y.

Name/Title

Library at Adirondack Cottages Sanitarium, Mt. Baker in the Distance, near Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, N. Y.

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.129

Description

Color postcard showing the Mellon Library at the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium (later renamed Trudeau Sanatorium). Printed caption on front reads, "Library at Adirondack Cottages Sanitarium, Mt. Baker in the Distance, near Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, N. Y." Used, divided back, postmarked Ray Brook, July 18, 1911. Printed by the Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., New York. Handwritten message on back reads, "Was glad to get your two cards. Was surprised you wrote so quick. Hope you will enjoy your trip and enjoy yourself. Did you get your mail I readdressed to you. Mr. Schleiches [?] people came last week and are very nice people. I go there the same as ever. But we do not have so many lunches [?]. Write again, Horace." Mailed to Miss Rose Harrison, Hammond, NY, c/o John McDonald.

Subject Place

Sanatorium

Trudeau Sanatorium

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Collection

Florence Wright Tuberculosis Postcard 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

Libraries, Sanatoriums, Tuberculosis

Search Terms

TB Patients, Sanatorium, Tuberculosis Patients, Trudeau Sanatorium, Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium, Mellon Library

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

5.5" w x 3.5" h

Parts

Count

1