Healing in the Adirondacks

Broadside
12421
Precaution Against Influenza
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Bag, Doctor's
2013.030.0003
Doctor's Bag, leather with metal locking mechanism at top. Two handles connected by metal rings. "M.K." embossed on front in gold. Inside tan fabric.Eight metal knobs on bottom for standing. Marguerite Kingsbury was born in Ithaca, NY on Octobe... View Full Record
Medicine
2017.081.0002
Herbal remedy in square paper package. Labled: Gravel Plant / S. W. Gould & Bros. / Botanic Garden, Malden, Mass. ... View Full Record
Bottle, Medicine
2014.006.0001a-b
Clear glass medicine bottle (a) with glass stopper (b). Paper label at front with blue print: "Spirt of Camphor, U.S.P." with instructions for dosage. Below: "Daniel B. Dwyer, Ph.G./ The Dwyer Drug Store/ The Rexall Store/ 36 Broadway Saranac Lake,... View Full Record
Calendar
00118
Brandreth Annual Calendar, 1878
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Bottle, Medicine
2019.046.0053
Glass pharmacist bottle with adhesive paper label. Text on label: "Camphorated Oil. / (for external use only.) / Useful in Sprains, Bruises, Rheumatism, Pains and Swellings of the Breasts or Joints. / R. P. Towne, / Pharmacist, / Bloomingdale, New... View Full Record
Print, Gelatin Silver
1991.022.0041
Gelatin silver print mounted on board. Image of Edward Livingston Trudeau posing beside a tree holding a rifle in his hands. Hand written in pencil below image: "Dr. Trudeau - 1873?" Printed below image: "Baldwin. Keeseville, N.Y." Printed, ver... View Full Record
Chair, Bed
1968.084.0002A-C
" 'Rondack Couch and Chair." Cure Chair used in the treatment of tuberculosis patients. Wood frame, stained brown, with steel springs and a canvas-covered mattress. Four legs (originally had 6 legs but the middle two are cut off). Reclining bac... View Full Record
Warmer, Foot
2014.014.0001
Bed warmer or foot warmer: a stoneware hot water bottle or "Stone Pig": highly polished, with one side flat to prevent it from rolling. When lying on flat side it can be filled with hot water through aperture at the top. There is no opening in the en... View Full Record
Postcard
2017.001.0151
Group of Buildings at Trudeau Sanatorium, Saranac Lake, N.Y.
Halftone color postcard with a divided back. Bird's eye view of buildings on the Trudeau Sanatorium campus.... View Full Record
Print, Real Photo Postcard
1987.043.0025
Reception and Medical Pavilion, Trudeau, N.Y.
Gelatin silver print real photo postcard, printed in black and white. View of the Sheldon and Albert Medical & Reception Pavilion at Trudeau Sanatorium in Saranac Lake, NY.... View Full Record
Model, Building
1991.022.0040
Model of the building "Little Red" made of wood and fiber-board. One-and-a-half story building painted red, gray, and white. "1884" painted on porch gable. Probably made by Derwent Thompson of Freeport, NY (Long Island) as a Junior High student i... View Full Record
Print, gelatin silver
1985.003.0004
Gelatin silver print, black and white, unmounted. Winter scene of Little Red cottage at Trudeau Sanatorium. Hand written, verso: "Cottage at Trudeau"... View Full Record
Postcard
1966.102.0161
Sanitarium Cottages, Saranac Lake, "Adirondacks'
Black and white postcard with a divided back. Bird's eye view of the cottages for TB patients at the Trudeau Sanitarium.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1972.082.0099
Fred Heise and Lawrason Brown
Medical director Dr. Fred H. Heise and tuberculosis specialist Dr. Lawrason Brown standing in front of a building at the Trudeau Sanatorium in Saranac Lake, NY.... View Full Record
Print, gelatin silver
1974.248.0362
Albumen print mounted on mat board. There are no labels on the photo or mounting board, but this photo is most likely of TB patients outside on one of the many cure porches in Saranac Lake.... View Full Record
photo - contact print
1976.088.0083
Saranac Lake, Trudeau Sanitarium... View Full Record
Pin
1991.022.0039
Engraved verso: "STERLING/HANDWROUGHT/BY TEMMING". Temming Art Studio in Saranac Lake was owned by Betty and Martin Koop, former TB patients at the Trudeau Sanitarium.... View Full Record
photo - print; mounted
1987.070.0094
Baseball player and TB patient Christopher "Christy" Mathewson.... View Full Record
Cup, Sputum
1991.031.0001
Folding, disposable paper cup: Orange cardboard sheet die cut and marked for folding into a 4-sided cup to contain sputum from TB victims until sanitary disposal. On one side: "SEABURY'S / SANITARY SPITTING CUP" with patents and branch location, w... View Full Record
photo - copyprint
1972.149.0052
Dr. Trudeau's Laboratory.Saranac Lake... View Full Record
Print, gelatin silver
1985.003.0008
Gelatin silver print. Interior of Trudeau sanitorium laboratory. Two doctors examine wall of lung samples. Dr. LeRoy Upson Gardner is on the left. Gelatin silver print 7.75 x 6 inches, mounted on 10 x 8 paper. Interior of a room in the Saranac... View Full Record
Photograph
1987.070.0166
Ice palace built for the annual Winter Carnival in Saranac Lake, conceived as a distraction for tuberculosis patients.... View Full Record
Manuscript
11986
Letter to patient (ALS)
Autographed signed letter from Dr. Edward Trudeau to "Miss Jessup," a patient of Trudeau's at the Trudeau Sanitorium in Saranac Lake, New York, in response to her departure from the sanitorium. Trudeau expresses confidence in her health and sends her... View Full Record
Painting
1976.217.0002
Home Pond
Depicts a stream in the winter heading through bare trees. Mountains in the background. From exhibition label: Son of a Norwegian civil engineer and an American mother, Jonas Lie was a popular painter of landscapes, cityscapes, and contemporary... View Full Record
Bottle, Medicine
2019.046.0052
Glass bottle, "Gillespie Bros / Druggists / Ausable Forks & / Bloomingdale, N. Y."... View Full Record
Postcard
1971.132.0001
Sanitarium Gabriel, Adirondack Mountains, N.Y.
Halftone color postcard with divided back. View of people and horsedrawn carriages in front of Gabriels Sanatorium in Gabriels, NY.... View Full Record
Chess
2013.004.0001
Two-sided wooden chess board from the Rest-A-While Cottage at the Gabriels Sanitorium. Appears to be hand made and decorated. One side has a chess board painted on it, with three chess pieces at either end. The other side has the facade of a build... View Full Record
Print, Gelatin Silver
1975.138.0002
Main Building
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Main Building."... View Full Record
Print, Gelatin SIlver
1975.138.0003
Infirmary Building
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Infirmary Room."... View Full Record
Print, Gelatin Silver
1975.138.0009
Patient's Bedroom
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Patient's Bedroom."... View Full Record
Print, Gelatin Silver
1975.138.0004
Foyer Main Bldg.
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Foyer, Main Bldg."... View Full Record
Print, Gelatin Silver
1975.138.0006
Men's Solarium
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Men's Solarium."... View Full Record
Print, gelatin silver
1975.138.0007
Girl's Solarium
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Girl's Solarium."... View Full Record
Print, Real Photo Postcard
2013.014.0010
Gelatin silver print, black and white. Image of Harold Chaffee sitting in a chair draped with a wool blanket, wearing a fur coat and cap. Hand written to the side of image: "Harold at Ray Brook spring of 1907."... View Full Record
Print, Gelatin Silver
2013.014.0002
Gelatin silver print, black and white. Image of seven women in blouses and long skirts, lined up from tallest at the left to shortest, at right. Hand written, verso: "7 of my Jewish friends at N.Y. State Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis Hospital Ray... View Full Record
Print, Real Photo Postcard
2013.014.0007
Gelatin silver print, black and white. Image of eight people, men and women, having an outdoor winter picnic. Harold Chaffee is to far left with pistol in holster on his belt, his arm around a woman sitting on the ground. Food and drink laid out on... View Full Record
Print, Gelatin Silver
1975.138.0008
Dinning Room
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Dining Room."... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2013.049.0010
Nurses at Ray Brook Sanatorium
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Postcard
2017.001.0150
N.Y. State Sanatorium, Ray Brook, N.Y.
Halftone color postcard with a divided back. View of several platform tents at the Ray Brook Sanatorium.... View Full Record
Print, gelatin silver
1975.138.0012
Patients Golf Course
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Patients Golf Course."... View Full Record
Print, gelatin silver
1975.138.0016
Occupation Therapy Room
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Occupation Therapy Room."... View Full Record
Print, gelatin silver
1975.138.0017
Doctor and Patient
Gelatin silver print, mounted to a two-part display-style board with other images of the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital. Image titled "Doctor and Patient."... View Full Record
Print, albumen
1993.056.0001
Albumen print, mounted on grey board. Handwritten in ink verso: "1901". Handwritten in pencil verso: "Stan Owen, Utica / and 'Shanty'". G. Stanley Owen as a young man holding rifle standing outside shanty in winter. Owen was in Blue Mountain Lake ar... View Full Record
Poster
2000.040.0001
Buy Christmas Seals
Lithograph, depicts an Angel in white robe drops flowers from each hand; Dark blue field graduates to lighter blue at bottom; Red double-barred cross on left, angel on right; "Protect your home from tuberculosis" ... View Full Record
Autoclave
1991.021.0001
Copper autoclave with metal base, hinged lid held on by five brass wing nuts. Chrome gauges, air vent, and thermometer located in the center if the domed lid. Chamber sits on a metal base perforated by 17 holes in a ring configuration, 1" below the t... View Full Record
Bottle, Medicine
1974.229.0003
Square medicine bottle made of clear glass. Embossed: "L.C. MAID / THE REXALL STORE / TUPPER LAKE, NY"... View Full Record
Painting
1985.020.0001
Accident At Pullman's Mill, June 14th 1906
Depicts a hospital operating room with a male patient lying flat on a gurney. A blue cloth is draped over the lower half of his body and a shower cap over his hair. A breathing device is over his mouth. A large wooden splinter is sticking through... View Full Record
Bottle, Kemp's Balsam Syrup
1992.064.0001
Medicine bottle for Kemp's Balsam, a remedy for coughs and colds. "KEMPS BALSAM / FOR THAT COUGH"... View Full Record
Kit, Medicine
2013.051.0001
Portable personal medicine kit made of a case with twelve individual glass bottles. Metal snaps on flap at front, open up to reveal glass bottles with metal lids with cork stoppers. Hand written paper labels on ten bottles, not all legible, two for... View Full Record