Name/Title
State Sanatorium, Raybrook, N.Y.Entry/Object ID
2026.7.35Description
Black-and-White photograph postcard showing the Main Building at the New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis (AKA Ray Brook Sanatorium). An "x" has been added at the left side of the card, and "girls side" is written on the right wing of the building. Printed caption on front reads, “State Sanatorium, Raybrook, N.Y.” Printed by Santway Photo-Craft Company, Inc., Watertown, NY. Used, divided back, postmarked Ray Brook, NY, November 14, [?].
Handwritten message on reverse reads, “Thurs A.M. Dear Mother, Yours received, thanks. Dr. Bray wrote to School Board, all O.K. I sit in cure chair about where I made the X, but there is 200 feet of building to left it doesn’t show. Doesn’t show my room windows, we also have the open cure to right. 35or 49 of us in this cure. Hope a nice long letter from someone. Why don't you send papers? Is Ray through husking? Has dad got his corn crib? How is Bobby? Lots of snow on ground, snowing now. Have Tom & Stella show you their card of snow, show this one to them. What [?]. Write to Eddie." Mailed to Mrs. Edgar Howe, Weedsport, New York.Subject Place
Sanatorium
New York State Hospital for Incipient TuberculosisHamlet
Ray BrookState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteNomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Sanatoriums, TuberculosisPostcard Details
Postcard Type
Photograph (1900-Present)Publisher
Santway Photo-Craft Company, Inc.Dimensions
Height
3-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 in