Chasing the Cure. M. W. of A. Sanatorium.

Postcard

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Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

Chasing the Cure. M. W. of A. Sanatorium.

Entry/Object ID

2023.52.415

Description

Postcard showing patients seated outside the tents at the Modern Woodmen of America Sanatorium. The patients are seated in lounge chairs wrapped in blankets. Printed caption on front reads, "Chasing the Cure. M. W. of A. Sanatorium." Used, divided back, postmarked Colorado Springs, CO, May 6, 1912. Handwritten mesage on back reads, "Well, Edw.: This is the way your father takes life easy when he is not in bed which just now is not very much of each day. Are you behaving well and getting along fine in school? Your father." Mailed to Master Edw.N. Griebling. 253 Bellevue Ave. Trenton. N.J.

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

Tuberculosis, Sanatoriums

Search Terms

Patient Postcards, Curing (TB)

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in