NLM Digital Collections

Shelter for sunstroke victims: the Merry Widow and her hat, on "hospital detail"

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
H. Sollott (Firm), publisher.
Publication:
Phila., PA : H. Sollott, [1908]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Sunstroke
Military Personnel
Genre(s):
Postcards
Humor
Abstract:
Postcard features a color drawing of a nurse taking care of a tiny soldier who suffers from sunstroke. They are under a huge yellow hat propped up with a rifle, serving as an umbrella. The soldier is sitting on the ground with an ice pack on his head held in place with a white scarf with red polka dots. He has a goofy smile on his face and is reaching for a drink labeled "highball" that is being offered to him by the nurse.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101703154 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101703154