Postcard

Postcard

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Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2026.7.30

Description

Black-and-White photograph postcard showing a view from the New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis (AKA Trudeau Sanatorium). Two horse-drawn carts are coming up the road, and a mountain can be seen in the distance. No photographer's mark. Used, divided back, white border, not mailed. Handwritten message on reverse reads, "Looking-down from State San, Ray Brook."

Subject Place

Hamlet

Ray Brook

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sanatoriums, Mountains, Tuberculosis

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Photograph (1900-Present)

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in