Name/Title
X-Ray-Radium sign from the Alameda Hospital, prior 2009Entry/Object ID
2009.36.21Description
ACC. NO. 09.36.21
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DOCTORS
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: SIGN
DESCRIPTION: A RECTANGULAR-SHAPED SIGN IN SOLID BRASS WITH RAISED LETTERING, "XRAY-RADIUM" ON A STIPPLED BACKGROUND WHICH HAS BEEN DARKENED TO DISPLAY THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE MESSAGE AND THE BACKGROUND.
SIZE: L 8-3/4" X W 1-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A SIGN USED BY DR. PAUL SHUMAKER, LONGTIME PHYSICIAN AT THE ALAMEDA HOSPITAL.
DONOR: ALAMEDA MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
CATALOGED: MAY 30, 2009Interpretative Labels
Label
11/22/2020 MvL:
current sign:
DOCTORS OF ALAMEDA
Door plates and auto I.D. tag
belonging to P.R. Shumaker, MD
whose practice was associated
with the Alameda Hospital
