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Sanitorium, Hudson, Wisconsin

• circa 1908 (creation)

1 photograph : tinted lithograph ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

A Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard with a tinted image of the Sanatorium in Hudson, Wisconsin. Text printed on verso: "The Sanatorium, Hudson, Wisconsin 18 miles east of St. Paul. A private institution established in 1886. Located in a beautiful park of stately elms and oaks, on the bluffs of Lake Mallalieu. With all modern equipments necessary for the treatment of acute and chronic diseases. Nervous diseases a specialty. It combines the perfect quiet of country life with the luxuries of a first-class hotel and the best of medical skill and nursing. For illustrated booklet and further information address E.B. Bradford M.S.M.D., medical director." Text printed on verso: "Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 2459, 'Hudson, Wisconsin' Art Publishers to their Majesties the King and Queen. Printed in Germany." Date from postmark: Mar 28, 1908; green 1¢ "Gingerbread" Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Master Russel Fletcher, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; "March 27, '08, Hello Bub, this is where we will go next summer and go fishing and swimming, boating & tings [sic]. Doesn't it look pretty, good enough to eat. Are the kiddies out on the lawn. Lovingly, Sis."

This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.

Cataloged by Anna Krueger (kdo), 04/18/2016

Donated July 1996 by Carol Maki.

[London] : Raphael Tuck & Sons, [ca. 1908]

• Hudson (Wis.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 1900-1910 Gothic revival (Architecture) -- Wisconsin -- Hudson -- 1900-1910 Raphael Tuck & Sons, printers Sanatoriums -- Wisconsin -- Hudson -- 1900-1910

• Hudson (Wis.) St. Croix County (Wis.)