Has Consumption brought you Sorrow? Then help stamp it out.

Name/Title

Has Consumption brought you Sorrow? Then help stamp it out.

Entry/Object ID

2023.52.523

Description

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. Penna

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

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in