Name/Title
Berks County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Reading, Pa.Entry/Object ID
2023.52.460Description
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 CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Tuberculosis, SanatoriumsDimensions
Height
3-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 in