Name/Title
Has Consumption brought you Sorrow? Then help stamp it out.Entry/Object ID
2023.52.523Description
Color postcard with an image of a robed figure holding a large sword and hourglass, looking down at a defeated grim reaper, with double-barred cross banner behind. Printed caption on front reads, "Has Consumption brought you Sorrow? Then help stamp it out." Printed by a pupil of the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art for the International Tuberculosis Exhibition, Philadelphia. Used, divided back, postmarked Philadelphia, PA, March 2, 1909. Handwritten message on back reads, "Dear Mabel. I have not heard from you for a long time. Hope you are feeling better than you were. Try and write soon and let me know how you are. Your friend Meta." Mailed to Miss Mabel Linton. Ridley Park. PennaCollection
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
TuberculosisDimensions
Height
5-1/2 inWidth
3-1/2 in