Fort Jay, Post Hospital (front)

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Black-and-white postcard with view of the four-story Post Hospital building at Fort Jay, Governors Island, and its front lawn with trees and shrubs. A man trims the hedges. Two cars are parked in front. | Postcard sent with three-cent Landing of Cadillac at Detroit stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Alice to Mrs. Otto Gaucslu of Washington, D.C., telling her that her hat has just arrived, and that Betsy was home for the holiday and went to Princeton for the weekend.

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Title

Fort Jay, Post Hospital (front)

Hospital Name

Post Hospital

Hospital Location

Governors Island

Date of Publication

[1930s]

Postcard Number

201

Message

Dear [Sausie?] My hat just arrived -- I'd forgotten all about it in all the confusion Thanks a million I'm glad to get it. I will write again soon. Betsy was home for the holiday -- went to Princeton for week-end. She is fine -- told me she'd told you all my troubles -- She was glad I had written you. Love -- I miss you Alice

Language of Message

English

Recipient

Mrs. Otto Gaucslu | 3830 - 39th St | Washington D.C.

Names

Alice
Gaucslu, Otto, Mrs.

Subjects

Post Hospital (New York, N.Y. : Building)
Military hospitals
Fort Jay (N.Y.)
Automobiles
Trees
Shrubs
Hedges
Lawns
Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)
Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County
Hospital buildings
Hospitals

Keywords

Cars
Bushes

Geographic Subject

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

Postcards
Correspondence
Exterior views

Postmark Location

New York, N.Y.

Postmark Date

11/28/[19--?]

Color

Black and white

Condition

Used

ID

nycm_372

Repository

The New York Academy of Medicine