"Yes, just born, and fancy, one white and two black!"
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Trow, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner Photochrom Co., Ltd., publisher.
- Publication:
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Photochrom Co., Ltd., [between 1930 and 1950]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Hospitals, Maternity Fathers Nurses
- Genre(s):
- Postcards Humor
- Abstract:
- The postcard features a color drawing of a man sitting in the waiting room of a maternity ward, with an astonished and terrified expression on his face. He just overheard a conversation between two nurses from the adjoining room behind his back. One of them, a stout middle-aged blond, is holding a basket with a dog and her three puppies and is telling the other nurse: "Yes, just born, and fancy, one white and two black!"
- 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:
- 101700675 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101700675