Berks County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Reading, Pa.

Name/Title

Berks County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Reading, Pa.

Entry/Object ID

2023.52.460

Description

Postcard showing several buildings along farmland. Printed caption on front reads, "Berks County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Reading, Pa." No printer mark. Used, divided back, not postally mailed. Handwritten message across entire back of postcard reads, "There are very. many consumptive patients at this home. This is built on the slopes of the Neversink Mts. I was at the place once but (up) not inside. Quite a number of patients were cured, this has only been erected for about six years. Near this place the is a park which is often called the (Glen) better known as (Klappistal)."

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

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in