Inside Harvey’s Pharmacy in Tupper Lake
The interior of Harvey’s Pharmacy, located at 117 Park street. Pictured are Mr. Harvey and customers. Circa 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
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Men in a World War I ambulance in Watertown
An H.H. Babcock Carriage Company ambulance, used as a World War I ambulance. 1920s. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.
Staff and summer interns of the Trudeau Sanatorium
Trudeau Sanatorium staff and summer interns. Seated, from left to right: Dr. Gordon Meade, Dr. Roger Mitchell, and a female doctor who was from New York City doing a short post-graduate course. The other man is unknown.The back row were five third-year medical students on a six-week externship program. From left: Lansing C. Hoskins, Bernice […]
A doctor and nurse in a Trudeau Sanatorium lab in Saranac Lake
Richard and nurse B. Rose at work inside a laboratory at the Trudeau Sanatorium. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
Two nurses for the Trudeau Sanatorium in Saranac Lake
Miss Mann (left) and Mrs. Welles, two nurses who worked at the Trudeau Sanatorium, talking at the Reid House, which was the Trudeau Nurses’ Home. 1937. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
Refrigerating test tubes at Ray Brook Sanatorium in Saranac Lake
An unknown Ray Brook Sanatorium lab worker refrigerates test tubes. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
Nurses and patients at the Child’s Infirmary at the Trudeau Sanatorium
A page from a scrapbook showing nurses, patients, and an exterior view of the Child’s Infirmary at the Trudeau Sanatorium. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
A healthcare provider with a patient at Saranac Lake General Hospital
A healthcare provider at the Saranac Lake General Hospital attends to an unknown patient. The General Hospital was built in 1913, when a week’s stay cost $10 per week. Use of the operating room was $5 per procedure. There was room for twelve patients at a time. Unlike much of the rest of the healthcare […]
Brook Sanatorium Laundry Workers in Saranac Lake
Ray Brook Sanitorium Laundry Workers pose for a photograph. During the tuberculosis years, laundries in Saranac Lake were large employers, as it was thought important to wash patients’ clothes and bedding regularly. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
Dr. Trudeau examining a tuberculosis patient in Saranac Lake
Francis Trudeau (1887-1956) examines a tuberculosis patient. Francis was the fourth child of Dr. Edward Trudeau. Born in Saranac Lake, he devoted his entire career to the village, working with his father on tuberculosis. Circa early 1900s. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.