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

Postcard

-

Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

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

Entry/Object ID

2023.52.384

Description

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 distance, near Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, N.Y." Printed by the Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., New York. Used, divided back, postmarked Trudeau, NY, November 26, 1911. Handwritten message on back reads, "Thanks for your letter. I think I am gaining rapidly. Began to have exercise to-day. It seems good to move about a little; sitting got quite tiresome after awhile. I hope your mother arrived safely & that you [handwriting illegible for several lines]. Sincerely, Joseph [?] B. Neal." Mailed to Miss Evelyn Girlmore, Public Library, [?].

Subject Place

Sanatorium

Trudeau Sanatorium

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Collection

Donato "Dan" Ruggiero 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

Sanatoriums, Tuberculosis, Libraries

Search Terms

Trudeau Sanatorium, Tuberculosis, Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium, Sanatorium, Patient Postcards, Tuberculosis Patients, Curing (TB)

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in