Name/Title
How to Control Consumption.Entry/Object ID
2023.52.524Description
Black, white, and red postcard with image of a grim reaper in jail. Reaper's scythe reads "Consumption." Printed caption above image reads, "How to Control Consumption." Image has instructions to rub a lead pencil over the coin to reveal information. Revealed message reads, "A Careful consumptive is not dangerous to his family. A consumptive should cough, sneeze, and spit in a cloth and burn it. Consumption is not inherited, it can be prevented. Consumption can be cured." Typewritten message on back reads, "We are in receipt of your report on tuberculosis work done in 1911, for which accept our thanks. Yours very truly, Philip P. Jacobs." Mailed to Mr. Wallace Hatch. 55 Eddy St. Providence, RI.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
TuberculosisDimensions
Height
5-1/2 inWidth
3-1/2 in