Description:
Postcard showing photo of the the lobby of the building constructed as Phelps Medical and Surgical Sanatorium in 1899 on N. Washington Avenue by Neil and Oscar Phelps. Later the building became the Macfadden Health Home Sanatorium (1907-09), the headquarters of C. W. Post's Trades and Workers Association, and finally it was bought by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, operating as the Battle Creek Sanitarium Annex before becoming the main Sanitarium facility in 1942.
Caption on front: Main Lobby Sanitarium Battle Creek, Mich.
Written on back: Dear Mrs. Garde, Am mailing a number of cards to friends, and here is one for yu, my very bestest, sweetest patient, whom I love very dearly. Hoping yourself and Eleanor are real well and happy. I remain very [illegible] yours Eunice Seigel A whole bushel of love I send with this.
Sent to: Mrs. Mary Bowdle Garde Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sent on: October 8, 1907