"I called to enquire how Mr. McPherson is: he is suffering from a swallowed sixpence."

"I called to enquire how Mr. McPherson is: he is suffering from a swallowed sixpence."

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Christie, G. F., artist
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Photochrom Co., Ltd., publisher.
Publication:
London : Photochrom Co. Ltd., [between 1930 and 1950]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Visitors to Patients
Genre(s):
Postcard
Wit and Humor
Abstract:
Postcard features a color illustration of an elderly Scotsman called McNab talking to a nurse in a health facility. He is wearing a green, red and grey kilt, plaid brown socks and brown jacket, holding his grey hat in one hand and umbrella in the other. He says: "I called to enquire how Mr. McPherson is. He is suffering from a swallowed sixpence." The nurse, wearing a white apron and cap, says: "No change."
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101703149 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
988584363
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101703149