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Postcard 1932 Linen St. Lukes Hospital Cleveland Ohio Nina Hospital
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Linen · 1932

Postcard 1932 Linen St. Lukes Hospital Cleveland Ohio Nina Hospital

Cleveland, Ohio, USA1932LinenGood

On a Tuesday afternoon in October 1932, a woman named Mollie sent urgent family news from Cleveland to Port Huron, Michigan: "Nina went to the Hospital this afternoon — will let you know later how she is." The postcard she chose shows St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland, a grand Georgian Revival complex of red brick and white colonnades rising above manicured grounds, its soaring central tower visible for blocks. Founded in 1896, St. Luke's was one of Cleveland's premier medical institutions, and this linen-era card — postmarked October 11, 1932 at 11:30 PM — captures the institution at its interwar architectural peak. The sense of urgency in Mollie's brief message, written to a family member named Lena at 601-14th Street, transforms this institutional postcard into a small, intimate drama of worry and waiting.

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PC-00249 · Braun Art Publishing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
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