Briarcliff Lodge, Briarcliff Manor, New York (photograph)
photograph · 1908
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SUMMARY
Archival photograph used as the case's object/venue image. The Wikimedia Commons file carries the template {{BMSHS-no known copyright restrictions}}: the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society has determined there are no known copyright restrictions (unknown author, circa 1908), which is the basis for the media rights tag no_known_restrictions rather than an explicit public-domain dedication. The Historical Society is named as the holding institution and the Commons description reads 'The Briarcliff Lodge, between the 1907 and 1909 additions.' Briarcliff Lodge is the luxury hotel that Hay's 1935 title page (A New Health Era) names as the 'Sanatorium Hotel Headquarters' of Hay System Inc. The photograph predates Hay's 1930s tenancy and depicts the building only; the caption does not assert that it shows Hay's operation. Searched 2026-06-06: of the four supported archives (Wellcome Collection, Library of Congress, BnF/Gallica, Wikimedia Commons), only Wikimedia Commons held a usable image of Briarcliff Lodge; Wellcome, LoC, and Gallica returned no institutional record of the building. The holding institution credited on the Commons file is the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society, and the rights posture is read from the Commons file record. Identification limited to the building, which both the Commons record and the Historical Society credit support.
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This photograph of Briarcliff Lodge is the case’s object/venue image. The Wikimedia Commons file carries the template {{BMSHS-no known copyright restrictions}}, by which the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society determined there are no known copyright restrictions; it attributes the image to an unknown photographer circa 1908, and the file description identifies it as the Lodge “between the 1907 and 1909 additions.” The Lodge is the resort hotel that Hay’s A New Health Era (1935) names on its title page as the “Sanatorium Hotel Headquarters” of Hay System Inc. The image therefore documents the premium setting of the intervention without asserting that the circa-1908 photograph depicts Hay’s later operation. The rights tag is set to no_known_restrictions to match the Commons posture (a “no known copyright restrictions” determination, not an explicit public-domain dedication); the named holding institution is the Historical Society.