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GUSN-369740
Brochure details the treatments, therapies, and medical products for sale by Mrs. Dr. Tuck. Cover of the brochure contains an illustration of the "Hygienic Retreat" located in South Weymouth, Mass.
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1 brochure (4 pages) ; illustrated ; 5 x 8 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
1934
EP001.01.076.01.03.046
Gift
Gift of Mrs. Walter K. Watkins, July 19, 1934.
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Lucy W. (Wadsworth) Tuck was born in Maine in 1828. She married Lorenzo Tuck, a tinman and later stove salesman, in 1850. They moved to Weymouyth, Mass., and had three children. Their middle child and only son, Lorenzo Wadsworth Tuck, was the sole child to survive into adulthood. Lucy was widowed in 1882, and began practicing medicine around that time. Her son Lorenzo died at age 28 in 1888. Lucy continued to live in the Boston area until her death at age 90 in 1918.
"Mrs. Dr. Tuck", chapter 11, part 2, Historical Sketch of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, from 1622 to 1884, compiled by Gilbert Nash, published by the Town of Weymouth, under the auspices of the Weymouth Historical Society, 1885.
U.S. Census records.
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